TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<dateRange>` | (date range) contains two dates or another phrase delimiting a time period.
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
`from` | indicates the starting point of the period in standard form.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any date in a standard form; recommended form is yyyy-mm-dd.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | The value should conform to the standard form declared in the `<std.vals>` element in the TEI header.
`to` | indicates the ending point of the period in standard form.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any date in a standard form; recommended form is yyyy-mm-dd.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | The value should conform to the standard form declared in the `<stdVals>` element in the TEI header.
`exact` | indicates the precision to be attached to either or both dates specified.
| Datatype: (to|from|both|none)
| Legal values: |
`to` | the `to` date is exact
`from` | the `from` date is exact
`both` | both dates are exact
`none` | both dates are approximate or unspecified
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
      <dateRange from=1100 to=1120 exact=from>
           Early 12th century</dateRange>
Note | date values should conform to the standard form declared in the `<stdVals>` element in the TEI header.

Example

    He edited (<dateRange from=1846 to=1848>1846-48</dateRange>)
    the first collection of Hungarian folk poetry.

Tagset additional tag set for common core features
Class data, date [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 abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT dateRange     - O  (%phrase.seq;)                     >
    <!ATTLIST dateRange          %a.global
              calendar           CDATA               #IMPLIED
              from               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              to                 CDATA               #IMPLIED
              exact              (to | from | both | none)
                                                     #IMPLIED       >

See 6.4.4

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