<lem>

<lem> (lemma) contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation. 12.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and Witnesses
Moduletextcrit — 12 Critical Apparatus
Attributes att.textCritical (@wit, @type, @cause, @varSeq, @resp, @hand)
Used byapp rdgGrp
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index label lb list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: figure formula table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material msDesc origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att classSpec code eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleRef moduleSpec specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val
textcrit: app lacunaEnd lacunaStart listWit wit witDetail witEnd witStart
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration

<rng:element name="lem">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.textCritical.attributes"/>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:text/>
  <rng:ref name="model.gLike"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.phrase"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.inter"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.rdgPart"/>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element lem
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.textCritical.attributes,
   (
      text
    | model.gLike
    | model.phrase
    | model.inter
    | model.global
    | model.rdgPart
   )*
}
Example
<app>
 <lem wit="#El #Hg">Experience</lem>
 <rdg wit="#La" type="substantive">Experiment</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#Ra2" type="substantive">Eryment</rdg>
</app>
Note
The term lemma is used in text criticism to describe the reading in the text itself (as opposed to those in the apparatus); this usage is distinct from that of mathematics (where a lemma is a major step in a proof) and natural-language processing (where a lemma is the dictionary form associated with an inflected form in the running text).