ABBR

   (i.e. abbreviation)
  Description:  contains an abbreviation of any sort.
  Attributes:
        expan (i.e. expansion):  gives an expansion of the abbreviation.
        Data type:  CDATA
        Value:  any string of characters
        Default value:  #IMPLIED
        Example:
                   The address is Southmoor <abbr expan='road'>Rd</>.
        Remarks:  Only one expansion may be given for an abbreviation; if
              different expansions are to be proposed, the tags for criti-
              cal apparatus should be used.
        This attribute is optional.
        resp (i.e. responsibility):  signifies the editor or transcriber
              responsible for supplying the expansion of the abbreviation
              held as the value of the expan attribute.
        Data type:  IDREF
        Value:  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, "Certainty and Responsibility,"
              on page 33).
        Default value:  %INHERITED
        Example:
                   The address is Southmoor <abbr expan='Road' resp=LB>Rd</>.
        Remarks:  If no expansion is given, the resp attribute has no
              meaning.
        This attribute is optional.
        cert (i.e. certainty):  signifies the degree of certainty ascribed
              to the expansion of the abbreviation.
        Data type:  CDATA
        Default value:  #IMPLIED
        This attribute is optional.
        type:  allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according
              to some convenient typology.
        Data type:  CDATA
              Sample values include:
              suspension      :  the abbreviation provides the first let-
                    ter(s) of the word or phrase, omitting the remainder.
              contraction     :  the abbreviation omits some letter(s) in
                    the middle.
              brevigraph      :  the abbreviation comprises a special sym-
                    bol or mark.
              superscription  :  the abbreviation includes writing above
                    the line.
              acronym         :  the abbreviation comprises the initial
                    letters of the words of a phrase.
              title           :  the abbreviation is for a title of
                    address (Dr, Ms, Mr, ...)
              organization    :  the abbreviation is for the name of an
                    organization.
              geographic      :  the abbreviation is for a geographic
                    name.
        Default value:  #IMPLIED
        Example:
                    <abbr type=acronym>RSVP</abbr>
                    <abbr type=organization>SPQR</abbr>
                    <abbr type=brevigraph>&per;</abbr>
                    <abbr type=contraction>yr hbl servt</abbr>
        Remarks:  The type attribute is provided for the sake of those who
              wish to classify abbreviations at their point of  occur-
              rence; this may be useful in some circumstances, though usu-
              ally the same abbreviation will have the same type in all
              occurrences.  As the sample values make clear, abbreviations
              may be classified by the method used to construct them, the
              method of writing them, or the referent of the term abbrevi-
              ated; the typology used is up to the encoder and should be
              carefully planned to meet the needs of the expected use.
        This attribute is optional.
  Example:
               <abbr type=organization
                 expan='senatus populusque romanorum'
                 resp=author>SPQR</abbr>
  Remarks:  This tag is the mirror image of the <expan> tag; both allow
        the encoder to transcribe both an abbreviation and its expansion.
        In <abbr>, however, the original is transcribed as the content  of
        the element and the expansion as an attribute value; <expan>
        reverses this.  The choice between the two is up to the user.
           The <abbr> tag is not required; if appropriate, the encoder may
        transcribe abbreviations in the source text silently, without tag-
        ging them.  If abbreviations are not transcribed directly but
        expanded silently, then the TEI header should so indicate.
           For a typology of ME abbreviations, see A. G. Petty, English
        literary hands from Chaucer to Dryden (London:  Edward Arnold,
        1977), pp. 22-25.
  Part:  additional tag set for common core features
  Member of classes:  data [and indirectly also:] phrase
  DTD file:  teicore2
  Data description:  May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
  May occur within:  abbr activity actor add addrLine addName admin affil-
        iation 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 dis-
        tributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition
        editor education emph equiv etym expan extent factuality figDesc
        firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw fDescr gen gen-
        Name gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur
        interaction item itype l label lang language langKnown lbl lem
        locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num num-
        ber occasion occupation opener orgdivn orgtitle orgtype orgName
        orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness
        principal pron publisher pubPlace purpose q quote rdg re ref reg
        region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs
        s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed socecStatus sound
        soCalled 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 witness witDetail
        writing xr xref
  May contain:  #PCDATA abbr add address anchor att c caesura cl corr date
        dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula gap
        gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num orig
        oRef oVar phr ptr pRef pVar ref reg rs s seg sic soCalled tag term
        time timeRange timeStruct title val w xptr xref
  Declaration:
       <!ELEMENT abbr          - -  (%phrase.seq;)                     >
       <!ATTLIST abbr               %a.global
                 expan              CDATA               #IMPLIED
                 resp               IDREF               %INHERITED
                 cert               CDATA               #IMPLIED
                 type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
  Discussed in 6.4.5, "Abbreviations and Their Expansions," on page 11.
  This tag is optional.

Content

• #PCDATA
• abbr
• add
• address
• anchor
• code
• corr
• date
• del
• emph
• foreign
• formula
• gap
• gi
• gloss
• hi
• ident
• kw
• mentioned
• name
• num
• orig
• ptr
• ref
• reg
• rs
• s
• seg
• sic
• socalled
• term
• time
• title
• unclear
• xptr
• xref

Tag Minimization

Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: REQUIRED

Parent Elements

• abbr
• add
• addrline
• author
• authority
• bibl
• biblscope
• byline
• catdesc
• cell
• classcode
• closer
• corr
• creation
• date
• del
• distributor
• docauthor
• docdate
• docedition
• docimprint
• edition
• editor
• emph
• extent
• figdesc
• foreign
• funder
• gloss
• head
• hi
• item
• l
• label
• language
• mentioned
• name
• note
• num
• opener
• orig
• p
• principal
• publisher
• pubplace
• q
• ref
• reg
• rendition
• resp
• rs
• s
• salute
• seg
• sic
• signed
• socalled
• speaker
• sponsor
• stage
• tagusage
• term
• time
• title
• titlepart
• trailer
• unclear
• xref