TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<space>` | indicates the location of a significant space in the copy text.
Attributes: |
`dim` | (dimension) indicates whether the space is horizontal or vertical.
| Datatype: (horizontal | vertical)
| Legal values: |
`horizontal` | the space is horizontal.
`vertical` | the space is vertical.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | For irregular shapes in two dimensions, the value for this attribute should reflect the more important of the two dimensions. In conventional left-right scripts, a space with both vertical and horizontal components should be classed as ``vertical''.
`extent` | indicates approximately how large the space is, in letters, minims, inches, or other appropriate unit.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any measured quantity, e.g. ``10 letters'' or ``4 lines''.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note |
`resp` | indicates the individual responsible for identifying and measuring the space.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: usually the initials of the responsible individual.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note |

Example

    By god if wommen had writen storyes
    As <space extent='7'> han within her oratoryes

Note

This element should be used wherever it is desired to record an unusual space in the source text, e.g. space left for a word to be filled in later, for later rubrication, etc. It is not intended to be used to mark normal inter-word space or the like.

Tagset additional tag set for transcription of primary sources
Class edit [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teitran2`
Content: Empty.
Parents ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children [none]
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT space         - O  EMPTY                              >
    <!ATTLIST space              %a.global
              dim                (horizontal | vertical)
                                                     #IMPLIED
              extent             CDATA               #IMPLIED
              resp               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 18.2.5

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