A 4. Summary of tags (listed alphabetically)
This is the complete list of tags and attributes which are understood by Michael Joyce's new Java parser and validator, in the text input files. The list is generated from the actual schema file used to do the validations.
Each tag is listed in the following format:
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NAMEA brief description, three properties for the tag, and then a table of attributes. Most descriptions haven't been added yet.
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Context can be any one of these values: | Attribute type is one of these values: |
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ABBR
Used to expand old-spelling contractions, e.g. <ABBR expan="the">y<SUP>e</SUP></ABBR>
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Deprecated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Deprecated | Options | |
expan | STRING | false | false | false | |||
The expanded form of the abbreviated word. This will eventually permit searches on the word. |
ACT
Act division as in the modern edition.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Deprecated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Deprecated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The number of the act. If the original includes an act division which has been retained, the notation would be thus: </ACT><ACT n="2"> <LD>Actus Secundus</LD>. |
ADD
Indicates a passage in an "extended" text that has been added from an alternative version. May contain LEM and RDG elements, or directly contain added text for the extended version (as if RDG were used around the entire contents).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Deprecated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Deprecated | Options | |
wit | STRING | true | false | false | |||
An identifier for the textual "witness" that the passage came from. Omit if using a child RDG. |
AMBIG
Designates a word with alternative readings (marked up by child RDG elements) where a word in the source material is irreducibly ambiguous. Note: this is not a textual variant, but a product of the process of modernization.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Deprecated
- no
annotations
Root element of an annotation file.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- annotations
- Depreciated
- no
BACKMATTER
Surrounds all sections of an edition that follow the last scene. The actual division(s) of BACKMATTER are designated by the <DIV> tag, and include (and replace) such items as Epilogue, Colophon and so on.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
BL
Formerly blank line. Depreciated in favour of L.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- unknown
- Depreciated
- Use BLL for black letter or L for blank line instead of BL.
BLL
Black Letter (not to be confused with BL, previously the indication of a blank line).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
BLOCKQUOTE
Previously used to denote a quoted piece of text (e.g. letter).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- Use QUOTE instead of BLOCKQUOTE
BR
Break between lines of hung-words. Should NOT be used to force line breaks in any other context.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
C
Centered text. This tag should be applied to a whole line, except for portions marked up by RA.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
CL
Closing statement (e.g. Finis).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
COL
Defines columns in a page.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | SELECT | false | false | false | 0, 1, 2 | ||
<COL n="0">...</COL> Defines pages with no columns in a document that elsewhere has columns. <COL n="1 | 2">...</COL> Column 1 or 2 (Folio). |
coll
Top level element for an collation. Contains information on the lemma in the text (<lem>), alternate readings (<rdg>), and notes about the variance (<general_note>).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
collations
Root element of a collations file.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
CW
Catchword
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
DIV
Named Division of the text that is not an ACT or SCENE.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
link | STRING | true | false | false | Link attributes should be dropped from the text. | ||
No description provided. | |||||||
name | STRING | false | false | false | |||
Name of the section |
EM
Words to be emphasized.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
EPILOGUE
No description provided.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use BACKMATTER with DIV instead of EPILOGUE
FONT
This tag allows the editor to fine-tune font size where necessary, as, for example, on a title page.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
size | SELECT | false | false | false | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | ||
The normal (default) size is "3", the smallest "1" and the largest "6". |
FONTGROUP
This tag allows the editor to fine-tune font size where necessary, as, for example, on a title page.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- renamed to FONT
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | SELECT | false | false | false | renamed to "size" | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | |
The normal (default) size is "3", the smallest "1" and the largest "6". |
FOREIGN
Surrounds a word or phrase in a language other than English. Used for the content of speeches only, not Latin stage directions, literary divisions etc. Example <FOREIGN lang="fre">Diable!</FOREIGN>.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
lang | STRING | false | false | false | |||
The 3-letter ISO 639-2 abbreviation for the language: fre (for French), ger (for German), lat (for Latin). See list for other codes. |
FRONTMATTER
Surrounds all sections of an edition that precede the first scene. The actual division(s) of FRONTMATTER are designated by the <DIV> tag, and include (and replace) such items as Prologue, Epistle, Dedication and so on.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
H1
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H1.
H2
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H2.
H3
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H3.
H4
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H4.
H5
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H5.
H6
Heading for scenes in the modern text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use LD instead of H6.
HW
Hung-Word(s). Note that the hung-word should be restored to the line it continues; the "type" indicates whether it was originally displaced to the previous or next line. Multiple lines of hung-word content should be separated with BR.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
t | SELECT | false | false | false | next, prev | ||
The type of hung-word indicates whether it appears on lines preceding or following the line it continues. |
I
Italic text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
iembed
Embedded content
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
align | SELECT | true | false | false | auto, center, left, lightbox, right | ||
how to align the embedded content within the host document | |||||||
component | SELECT | true | false | false | facsimile, friends, imagedb, link, sip, slt, static, text | ||
The site component to fetch content from. | |||||||
height | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
height (in pixels) of the embedded content | |||||||
href | STRING | false | false | false | |||
identifier of the resource to embed | |||||||
lightbox | STRING | true | false | false | |||
identifier of the large resource to show in the lightbox | |||||||
longCaption | STRING | true | false | false | |||
long-form caption to show in the lightbox | |||||||
showCaption | SELECT | true | false | false | false, true | ||
whether or not to display a caption with the embedded content | |||||||
site | SELECT | true | false | false | dre, ise, qme | ||
The ISE sub-site to fetch content from. | |||||||
width | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
width (in pixels) of the embedded content |
ilink
ISE link
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
component | SELECT | true | false | false | facsimile, friends, imagedb, link, sip, slt, static, text | ||
The site component to fetch content from. | |||||||
href | STRING | false | false | false | |||
the resource to link to | |||||||
site | SELECT | true | false | false | dre, ise, qme | ||
The ISE sub-site to fetch content from. |
INDENT
Surrounds a passage indented in the original.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
l | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
Indicates the number of em spaces a block of text (verse or prose) is to be indented. | |||||||
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | use "l" instead | ||
Indicates the number of em spaces a block of text (verse or prose) is to be indented. |
iseHeader
metadata block
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
J
Justified line. Only fully justified lines are tagged. Note that verse lines that reach to the end of the column should not be tagged as justified (though many draft texts do), since these are not justified in the way that prose lines are.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
L
Editor's line number. Mainly used in modern texts. Can also be used to mark blank lines so they will not be collapsed.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | true | true | false | |||
Line number. Each scene is renumbered from 1. | |||||||
part | SELECT | true | false | false | f, i, m | ||
Used to create split-line groups, where each part is positioned as if it were on the same line as the preceding part. The first part in the group should be marked as part "i", intermediate parts as part "m", and the final part as part "f". See Editor Guidelines 4.4.8 |
LB
Previously used for line break. <L/> is recommended.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- Use L on an empty line instead of LB to preserve empty lines.
LD
Header for a Literary Division (e.g. Act, Scene.).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
LEM
Used inside of ADD to mark text that will appear only in the non-extended version of the text.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- no
level
Surrounds the annotation content.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- annotations
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | SELECT | false | false | false | 1, 2 | ||
The "level" of this annotation. Level 1 annotations are short, and tend to focus on basic meaning without context. Level 2 annotations provide longer, deeper explainations of meaning in context. |
LINEGROUP
Surrounds a structured group of verse lines.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
form | SELECT | false | false | false | use "t" instead | couplet, coupletSequence, quatrain, rhymeSequence, sonnet | |
The form of the rhyme. | |||||||
rhyme | STRING | false | false | false | |||
The group's rhyming pattern, for example aabbcddc | |||||||
t | SELECT | false | false | false | couplet, coupletSequence, quatrain, rhymeSequence, sonnet | ||
The structure of verse. |
LINK
describes a relationship to another document
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
href | STRING | true | false | false | |||
identifier of the related resource | |||||||
order | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
order that this item will appear on the edition title page | |||||||
rel | STRING | true | false | false | |||
the kind of relationship, describe in the forward direction (how the linked resource relates to this one) | |||||||
rev | STRING | true | false | false | |||
the kind of relationship, described in the reverse direction (how this resource relates to the linked one) |
linklist
Provides a list of <linkText> describing witness names that should be linked to ISE editions when displayed
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
linkText
A witness name that refers to an ISE edition.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
ln
The line numbers from the modern edition to which a collation or note is linked. The format of the content follows the MLA style: 1.3.33, for example.
- Empty
- optional
- Context
- apparatus
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
l | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
Editor's line number. | |||||||
qln | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
Quarto line number | |||||||
tln | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
Through-line number |
LS
Surrounds letter-spaced words (e.g., "G O D").
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
MARG
Marginalia
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
loc | SELECT | false | false | false | left, right | ||
Which page margin this text appears in |
META
A metadata item about the document.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
content | STRING | false | true | false | |||
the metadata content | |||||||
name | STRING | false | false | false | |||
metadata key | |||||||
scheme | STRING | true | false | false | |||
format of the metadata content |
MODE
Indicator of verse or prose.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
t | SELECT | false | false | false | prose, uncertain, verse | ||
Note that you may choose to use a type of "uncertain" where it is not clear that the section is either verse or prose. |
note
Additional notes about the variant. Use as a child of <coll> when the note applies to the collation as a whole, or as a child of <rdg> when it applies to a specific reading.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
ORNAMENT
Self-closing <ORNAMENT /> is a printer's ornament. <ORNAMENT> </ORNAMENT> is used for decorative or large font letters only.
- Empty
- optional
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
drop | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
Marks this ornament as a drop-capital, and specifies the number of lines to span. | |||||||
letter | STRING | true | false | false | Give the letter in the content of the ORNAMENT element instead. | ||
The ornamented letter. |
PAGE
Indicates page breaks in the old-spelling texts.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
compositor | STRING | true | false | false | |||
The compositor(s) of this page. | |||||||
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The "through page number" for the text. | |||||||
sig | STRING | true | false | false | |||
The page signature in its normalized and accurate form. This will include all signatures that are implied rather than actually printed, and must include either "r" or "v" for recto and verso. |
PN
Page number as printed.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | true | false | false | Use @n on the PAGE element instead. | ||
Actual page number where it differs from the printed number. |
POEM
a single poem in a collection of poems
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use DIV instead of POEM
PROLOGUE
No description provided.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use FRONTMATTER with DIV instead of PROLOGUE
PROP
Identifies props to be used in the play when they are mentioned in stage directions or speeches.
- Empty
- optional
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
desc | STRING | true | false | false | |||
A short description of the prop, if needed. Do provide the description for more than one instance of the same prop. | |||||||
item | STRING | true | false | false | |||
An unique identifier for the item. Where there are more than one in the play (in the case of multiple letters, for example) these should be designated "letter1" "letter2" etc. |
PROSEQUOTE
Formerly a prose quotation (e.g. quoted letter).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use QUOTE instead of PROSEQUOTE.
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
source | STRING | true | false | false | |||
When the passage is a quotation from another source, the source should be recorded. |
q
container for a collation reading's text when the reading also has an associated <note>.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- collations
- Depreciated
- no
QLN
Quarto Line Number
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The line number. |
QUOTE
A Quotation.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
source | STRING | true | false | false | |||
a short desecription of the source of the quoted material |
R
Roman type. This tag is used only in texts where the default font is black letter.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
RA
Right Aligned text. This tag may be applied to a portion of a line that is otherwise left aligned (the default), centered (with C), or justified (with J) so that only the indicated portion is affected.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
RDG
A Reading within an AMBIG or ADD.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
wit | STRING | true | false | false | |||
An identifier for the textual "witness" that the passage came from. Omitted when used within AMBIG. |
RT
Running title.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
RULE
A horizontal rule. The tag is self-closing.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
l | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
Length of the rule in m-spaces. The default is a full page rule. | |||||||
n | NUMBER | true | false | false | Use "l" instead. | ||
Width of the rule in m-spaces. The default is a full width rule. |
S
Speech. Should include a speech prefix (SP).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
SC
Small caps.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
SCENE
Scene division as in the modern edition. Note: In plays with a non-diegetic chorus, like Henry V (F) and Pericles, use <SCENE n="0"> to designate chorus passages that are not prologues or epilogues. SCENEs may be used with or without enclosing ACTs.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
link | STRING | true | false | false | Link attributes should be dropped from the text. | ||
No description provided. | |||||||
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The number of the scene, not including any Act numbering. |
SD
Stage Direction. Consecutive directions of different kinds should be tagged separately.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
t | LIST | false | false | false | action, delivery, entrance, exit, location, optional, other, setting, sound, uncertain, whoto | ||
The type of the stage direction, a comma-separated list. |
SECTION
Previously used as section divisions in essays and supplementary works.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- modern
- Depreciated
- Use DIV with a name attrbute instead of SECTION.
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | STRING | true | false | false | |||
The section number or name. |
SIG
Page Signature. Encloses the printed page signature.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- oldspelling
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | STRING | true | false | false | Use @sig on PAGE instead | ||
The signature in its normalized and accurate form. This will include all signatures that are implied rather than actually printed, and must include either "r" or "v" for recto and verso. |
SP
Speaker(s) for the enclosing speech. Should appear before any speech text. If a prefix is not given in the source material, use an empty SP tag to indicate its omission.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
norm | STRING | false | false | false | |||
Normalized form of the name. If there is more than one speaker, separate the noramlized names by commas. |
SPACE
Indicates significant space to be left in the text. The most common instance of this will be in formatting the lines of verse in a song or sonnet, where some lines will be indented further than others.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- all
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
l | NUMBER | true | false | false | |||
The length of space, in em's. | |||||||
n | NUMBER | true | false | false | use "l" instead | ||
The number of m-spaces should be indicated. |
STANZA
Stanza of a poem. Use instead of ACT/SCENE/DIV in long-form poems.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The number of the stanza. |
SUB
Subscript characters.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
SUP
Superscript characters.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- anywhere
- Depreciated
- no
SWASH
Indicates an ornamental swash letter. DRE texts only.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Do not use SWASH tags.
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
where | SELECT | false | false | false | after, before, both | ||
The direction of the swash ornament. |
TITLE
Title of the work, often appearing in initial headings and introductory pages.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
TITLEHEAD
Title page material in quartos; initial heading in Folio.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- replaced by TITLE
TITLEPAGE
No description provided.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use DIV with a name attrbute instead of TITLEPAGE
TLN
Through Line Number. The basic method of internal reference for the editions will be the TLN number. Where a quarto or modern edition omits material the numbers will be omitted; where they add material the numbers will be added decimally (<TLN n="1033.1"> etc.); where the line division varies from the Folio the TLN number will be that of the first word of the line.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The TLN. |
var
"pop-up" variant to show on this lemma when it is hovered.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- annotations
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
wit | STRING | false | false | false | |||
Name of the witness that the reading comes from. |
VERSEQUOTE
Previously used for a verse quotation (e.g. song).
- Empty
- no
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- Use QUOTE instead of VERSEQUOTE.
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
source | STRING | true | false | false | |||
When the verse is a quotation from another source, the source should be recorded (as in Pistol's quotations from earlier plays). |
WLN
Witness Line Number.
- Empty
- yes
- Context
- primary
- Depreciated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Depreciated | Options | |
n | NUMBER | false | false | false | |||
The WLN. | |||||||
wit | STRING | true | false | false | |||
An identifier for the witness that the passage came from. If omitted, the source witness referenced in the metadata is assumed. |
WORK
The tag that surrounds the entire document.
- Empty
- no
- Context
- all
- Deprecated
- no
Name | Type | Optional | Empty | Renumberable | Deprecated | Options | |
genre | STRING | true | true | false | Use metadata instead of the genre attribute. | ||
Previously used to decribe the work's genre. |