TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<dateStruct>` | contains an internally structured representation of a date.
Attributes: |
`calendar` | indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Recommended values include: Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic.
| Default: #IMPLIED
`exact` | indicates the degree of precision to be attributed to the date.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Any appropriate value, e.g. ca., approx, after, before.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <dateStruct value='1990-09'>
      <month>September</month>
      <year>1990</year>
    </dateStruct>

Example

    Given on the
    <dateStruct value='1977-06-12'>
        <day reg=12>  Twelfth</day> Day of
        <month reg=06>June</month>
        <year reg=1977 type=nominal>in the Year of Our Lord
        One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-seven</year>
        <dateStruct>
          <offset>of</offset><year reg=1776>the Republic</year>
          <distance>the Two Hundredth and first</distance>
        </dateStruct>and
        <dateStruct>
          <offset>of</offset><year reg=1891>the University</year>
          <distance>the Eighty-Sixth.</distance>
        </dateStruct>
    </dateStruct>

Note
Tagset additional tag set for common core features
Class data, date, temporalExpr, terminologyInclusions [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teind2`
Content: May contain character data and temporal expression 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 dateStruct 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 termEntry time timeRange timeStruct title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children #PCDATA dateStruct day distance hour minute month occasion offset second timeStruct week year
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT dateStruct    - -  (#PCDATA | %m.temporalExpr;)*      >
    <!ATTLIST dateStruct         %a.global
                                 %a.temporalExpr
              calendar           CDATA               #IMPLIED
              exact              CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 20.4 ; 6.4.4 ; 5.2.4 ; 5.5 ; 6.10.2.3 ; 13.2 ; 23.2.3

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