<tag>

<tag> contains text of a complete start- or end-tag, possibly including attribute specifications, but excluding the opening and closing markup delimiter characters. 22 Documentation Elements
Moduletagdocs — 22 Documentation Elements
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))
typeindicates the type of XML tag intended
Status Optional
Legal values are:
start
a start-tag, with delimiters < and > is intended
end
an end-tag, with delimiters </ and > is intended
empty
a empty tag, with delimiters < and /> is intended
pi
a pi (processing instruction), with delimiters <? and ?> is intended
comment
a comment, with delimiters <!-- and --> is intended
ms
a marked-section, with delimiters <[CDATA[ and ]]> is intended
schemesupplies the name of the schema in which this tag is defined.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
TEI
(text encoding initiative) This tag is defined as part of the TEI scheme. [Default]
DBK
(docbook) this tag is part of the Docbook scheme.
XX
(unknown) this tag is part of an unknown scheme.
Used by
Contained by
analysis: cl phr s span
figures: cell figDesc
iso-fs: fDescr fsDescr
linking: ab seg
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: valDesc
verse: metSym rhyme
May containCharacter data only
Declaration

<rng:element name="tag">
 <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:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>start</rng:value>
    <rng:value>end</rng:value>
    <rng:value>empty</rng:value>
    <rng:value>pi</rng:value>
    <rng:value>comment</rng:value>
    <rng:value>ms</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="scheme" a:defaultValue="TEI">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>TEI</rng:value>
    <rng:value>DBK</rng:value>
    <rng:value>XX</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:text/>
</rng:element>
element tag
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   attribute type { "start" | "end" | "empty" | "pi" | "comment" | "ms" }?,
   attribute scheme { "TEI" | "DBK" | "XX" }?,
   text
}
Example
Mark the start of each italicised phrase with a
<tag>hi rend="it"</tag> tag, and its end with a <tag type="end">hi</tag> tag.
<tag type="comment">Example updated on 2008-04-05</tag>