<span>

<span> associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text. 17.3 Spans and Interpretations
Moduleanalysis — 17 Simple Analytic Mechanisms
Attributes [att.interpLike ]
fromspecifies the beginning of the passage being annotated; if not accompanied by a to attribute, then specifies the entire passage.
Status Required
Datatype 
data.pointer
Values The identifier of the element which occurs at the beginning of the passage.
tospecifies the end of the passage being annotated.
Status Optional
Datatype 
data.pointer
Values The identifier of the element which occurs at the end of the passage.
Declaration
element span
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.interpLike.attributes,
   attribute from { data.pointer },
   attribute to { data.pointer }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<p xml:id="para2">(The "aftermath" starts here)</p>
<p xml:id="para3">(The "aftermath" continues here)</p>
<p xml:id="para4">(The "aftermath" ends in this paragraph)</p>
<!-- ... -->
<span type="structure" from="#para2" to="#para4">aftermath</span>
Contained byspanGrp model.global.meta
May contain
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num pb ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
dictionaries: lang
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift space subst