NUM
(i.e. number)
Description: contains a number, written in any form.
Attributes:
type: indicates the type of numeric value.
Data type: CDATA
Suggested values include:
cardinal : absolute number, e.g. "21", "21.5"
ordinal : ordinal number, e.g. "21st"
fraction : fraction, e.g. "one half" or "three halves"
percentage : e.g. "ten percent"
Default value: #IMPLIED
Remarks: If a different typology is desired, other values can be
used for this attribute.
This attribute is optional.
value: supplies the value of the number in an application-
dependent standard form.
Data type: CDATA
Value: any numeric value in the chosen standard form.
Default value: #IMPLIED
Remarks: The standard form used should be described in the
<std.vals> element in the TEI header. Standard forms may be
defined from scratch, or borrowed from existing practice
(e.g. "Standard values are given in the notation defined
for numeric constants in the C language.")
This attribute is optional.
Example:
<num type=cardinal value='21'>twenty-one</num>
<num type=cardinal value='1.5'>1.5</num>
He stands <num type=cardinal value='1.9'>1 · 90</num>m.
high.
Remarks: Detailed analyses of quantities and units of measure in his-
torical documents should use the feature structure mechanism
described in chapter 16, "Feature Structures," on page
30. The <num> element is intended for use in simple applica-
tions.
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 num - - (%phrase.seq;) >
<!ATTLIST num %a.global
type CDATA #IMPLIED
value CDATA #IMPLIED >
Discussed in 6.4.3, "Numbers and Measures," on page 11.
This tag is optional.
Content
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Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: REQUIRED
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