<creation>

<creation> contains information about the creation of a text. 2.4.1 Creation 2.4 The Profile Description
Moduleheader — 2 The TEI Header
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs))
Used by
Contained by
header: profileDesc
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="creation">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element creation
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<creation>
 <date>Before 1987</date>
</creation>
Example
<creation>
 <date when="1988-07-10">10 July 1988</date>
</creation>
Note
Character data and phrase-level elements.
The creation element may be used to record details of a text's creation, e.g. the date and place it was composed, if these are of interest; it should not be confused with the publicationStmt element, which records date and place of publication.