<normalization>

<normalization> indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried out in converting it to electronic form. 2.3.3 The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2 Declarable Elements
Module header — 2 The TEI Header
In addition to global attributes att.declarable (@default)
source indicates the authority for any normalization carried out.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Values Points to a bibliographic description or other resource documenting the principles underlying the normalization which has been applied.
method indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within the text.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
silent
normalization made silently [Default]
markup
normalization represented using markup
Used by
model.editorialDeclPart
May contain
core: p
linking: ab
Declaration 

<rng:element name="normalization">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declarable.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="source">
   <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="method" a:defaultValue="silent">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>silent</rng:value>
    <rng:value>markup</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element normalization
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.declarable.attributes,
   attribute source { data.pointer }?,
   attribute method { "silent" | "markup" }?,
   model.pLike+
}
Example
<editorialDecl>
 <normalization method="markup">
  <p>Where both upper- and lower-case i, j, u, v, and vv have been normalized, to modern
     20th century typographical practice, the <gi>choice</gi> element has been used to
     enclose <gi>orig</gi> and <gi>reg</gi> elements giving the original and new values
     respectively. ... </p>
 </normalization>
 <normalization method="silent">
  <p>Spacing between words and following punctuation has been regularized to zero spaces;
     spacing between words has been regularized to one space.</p>
 </normalization>
 <normalization source="http://www.dict.sztaki.hu/webster">
  <p>Spelling converted throughout to Modern American usage, based on Websters 9th
     Collegiate dictionary.</p>
 </normalization>
</editorialDecl>