TEI element variantEncoding (variant encoding)

<variantEncoding>

<variantEncoding> (variant encoding) declares the method used to encode text-critical variants. [13.1.1. The Apparatus Entry]

Module

textcrit

Attributes

att.global
- @xml:id
- @n
- @xml:lang
- @xml:base
- @xml:space
- att.global.analytic
  - @ana
- att.global.change
  - @change
- att.global.facs
  - @facs
- att.global.linking
  - @corresp
  - @synch
  - @sameAs
  - @copyOf
  - @next
  - @prev
  - @exclude
  - @select
- att.global.rendition
  - @rend
  - @style
  - @rendition
- att.global.responsibility
  - @cert
  - @resp
- att.global.source
  - @source

method

indicates which method is used to encode the apparatus of variants.

Status	Required
Datatype	teidata.enumerated
Legal values are:	location-referenced apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme referenced in a base text. double-end-point apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and ending of each lemma relative to a base text. parallel-segmentation alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the text; no notion of a base text is necessary.
Note	The value ‘parallel-segmentation’ requires in-line encoding of the apparatus.

location

indicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text or external to it.

Status	Required
Datatype	teidata.enumerated
Schematron	<sch:rule context="tei:variantEncoding"> <sch:report test="@location eq 'external' and @method eq 'parallel-segmentation'"> The @location value "external" is inconsistent with the parallel-segmentation method of apparatus markup.</sch:report> </sch:rule>
Legal values are:	internal apparatus appears within the running text. external apparatus appears outside the base text.
Note	The value ‘external’ is inconsistent with the parallel-segmentation method of apparatus markup.

Member of

model.encodingDescPart

Contained by

header: encodingDesc

May contain

Empty element

Example

Content model

<content>
 <empty/>
</content>

Schema Declaration

element variantEncoding
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   attribute method
   {
      "location-referenced" | "double-end-point" | "parallel-segmentation"
   },
   attribute location { "internal" | "external" },
   empty
}