TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<damage>` | contains an area of damage to the text witness.
Attributes: |
`type` | classifies the damage according to any convenient typology.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any phrase describing the damage, e.g. ``faded'', ``overbound'', ``water'', ``charred with loss of paper''.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`extent` | indicates approximately how much text is in the damaged area, in letters, minims, inches, or any appropriate unit, where this cannot be deduced from the contents of the tag. For example, the damage may span structural divisions in the text so that the tag must then be empty of content.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any measurement phrase, e.g. ``25 letters'', ``2 x 3 inches''.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`resp` | indicates the individual responsible for identifying the area of damage.
| 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:
`hand` | In the case of damage (deliberate defacement, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the damage.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section 18.2.1 ).
| Default: %INHERITED
| Example:
`agent` | In the case of damage resulting from an identifiable cause, signifies the causative agent.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any prose description of the agency of damage.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`degree` | Signifies the degree of damage according to a convenient scale. The `<damage>` tag with the `degree` attribute should only be used where the text may be read with some confidence; text supplied from other sources should be tagged as `<supplied>` .
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: an alphanumeric categorization of the degree of damage, as ``40%''.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
Note | The `<damage>` tag with the `degree` attribute should only be used where the text may be read with confidence despite the damage. It is appropriate where it is desired to record the fact of damage, though this has not affected the readability of the text (as may be the case with weathered inscriptional materials). Where the damage has rendered the text more or less illegible either the `<unclear>` tag (for partial illegibility) or the `<omit>` tag (for complete illegibility, with no text supplied) should be used, with the information concerning the damage given in the attribute values of these tags. See section 18.2.4 for discussion of the use of these tags in particular circumstances.

Example

Note

Since damage to text witnesses frequently makes them harder to read, the `<damage>` element will often contain an `<unclear>` element. If the damaged area is not continuous in the text (e.g. a stain on one side of a page), the `<join>` element may be used to indicate which `<damage>` and `<unclear>` elements are part of the same physical phenomenon.

The `<damage>` , `<omit>` , `<del>` , `<unclear>` and `<supplied>` elements may be closely allied in use. See section 18.2.4 for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

Tagset additional tag set for text criticism
Class edit [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teitran2`
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 bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi label lang link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val view w witDetail xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT damage        - O  (%paraContent;)                    >
    <!ATTLIST damage             %a.global
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              extent             CDATA               #IMPLIED
              resp               IDREF               %INHERITED

              hand               IDREF               %INHERITED

              agent              CDATA               #IMPLIED
              degree             CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 18.2.3

Back to index