TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<sic>` | contains text reproduced although apparently incorrect or inaccurate.
Attributes: |
`corr` | (correction) gives a correction for the apparent error in the copy text.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
      for his nose was as sharp as a pen, and
      <sic corr="a' babbled">a Table</sic>
      of green fields.
`resp` | (responsibility) signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for suggesting the correction held as the value of the `corr` attribute.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing or encoding (see chapter 17 ).
| Default: %INHERITED
| Example:
      for his nose was as sharp as a pen, and
      <sic resp="Gifford" corr="a' babbled">a Table</sic>
      of green fields.
Note | This attribute has no meaning if no `corr` attribute is supplied.
`cert` | (certainty) signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the correction held as the value of the `corr` attribute.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
Note | This attribute has no meaning if no `corr` attribute is supplied.

Example

If all that is desired is to call attention to the apparent problem in the copy text, no attributes are required:

    I don't know, Juan.  It's so far in the past now —
    how <sic>we can</sic> prove or disprove anyone's theories?

It is also possible to provide a correct reading and to identify the individual responsible for the correction:

    I don't know, Juan.  It's so far in the past now —
    how <sic corr='can we' resp='MSM'>we can</sic> prove or
    disprove anyone's theories?

Note

The `<sic>` tag is a mirror of `<corr>` : the former leaves the original text untouched, giving the correction as an attribute value; the latter substitutes the correction, leaving the original reading as an attribute value. The choice between them is up to the encoder.

Tagset additional tag set for common core features
Class edit [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teicore2`
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
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 #PCDATA TEI...end ab abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct eTree emph entry entryFree event expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss graph handShift hi kinesic l label lang lg lg1 link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig p pRef pVar pause persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg shift sic soCalled sound sp space stage superentry supplied table tag tech term termEntry text time timeRange timeStruct title tree u unclear val view vocal w witDetail witList writing xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT sic           - -  (%specialPara;)                    >
    <!ATTLIST sic                %a.global
              corr               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              resp               IDREF               %INHERITED

              cert               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 6.5.1

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