gloss

<gloss>

<gloss> identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. 3.3.4 Terms, Glosses, Equivalents, and Descriptions

Module

core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents

Attributes

[att.declaring att.translatable att.typed ]

target

identifies the associated term element by an absolute or relative URI reference

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/> data.pointer
Values	should be a valid URI reference that resolves to a term element

cRef

(canonical reference) identifies the associated term element using a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/> data.pointer
Values	the result of applying the algorithm for the resolution of canonical references (described in section 16.2.5 Canonical References) should be a valid URI reference that resolves to a term element
Note	The refsDecl to use may be indicated with the decls attribute.

Declaration

<rng:element name="gloss">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.translatable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:attribute name="target">
    <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
   </rng:attribute>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:attribute name="cRef">
    <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
   </rng:attribute>
  </rng:optional>
 </rng:choice>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>

element gloss
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.translatable.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   ( attribute target { data.pointer }? | attribute cRef { data.pointer }? ),
   macro.phraseSeq
}

Example

We may define <term xml:id="tdpv" rend="sc">discoursal point of view</term>
as
<gloss target="#tdpv">the relationship, expressed through discourse
structure, between the implied author or some other addresser,
and the fiction.</gloss>

Note

The target and cRef attributes are mutually exclusive.

Contained by

model.emphLike model.glossLike

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty respons