<timeline>

<timeline> (時間進程) 提供一組整齊的時間順序點,可與口說文本的元素相連結,以建立該文本的時間組序。 16.5.2 Placing Synchronous Events in Time
組件linking — 16 Linking, Segmentation, and Alignment
屬性att.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))
origin標出時間進程的開頭,例如開始時間。
狀態 可應用時推薦應用
資料類型

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
if suppplied, must point either to one of the when elements in its content, or to another timeline element.
unit指出符合時間進程屬性interval的屬性值或是符合其接續時間點的時間單位。
狀態 可應用時推薦應用
資料類型

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
被推薦的值包含:
d
(days)
h
(hours)
min
(minutes)
s
(seconds)
ms
(milliseconds)
interval指明時間區段中的數值部份
狀態 非必備的
資料類型

<rng:choice>
 <rng:data type="float">
  <rng:param name="minExclusive">0</rng:param>
 </rng:data>
 <rng:value>regular</rng:value>
 <rng:value>irregular</rng:value>
</rng:choice>
xsd:float { minExclusive = "0" } | "regular" | "irregular"
a positive number, or one of the two special values irregular or regular.
屬於
可包含在於
analysis: cl m phr s span w
figures: cell figure table
linking: ab seg
nets: graph
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: valDesc
textcrit: app lem rdg wit witDetail
verse: metSym rhyme
可包含
linking: when
宣告

<rng:element name="timeline">
 <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="origin">
   <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="unit">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>d</rng:value>
    <rng:value>h</rng:value>
    <rng:value>min</rng:value>
    <rng:value>s</rng:value>
    <rng:value>ms</rng:value>
    <rng:data type="Name"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="interval">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:data type="float">
     <rng:param name="minExclusive">0</rng:param>
    </rng:data>
    <rng:value>regular</rng:value>
    <rng:value>irregular</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="when"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element timeline
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   attribute origin { data.pointer }?,
   attribute unit { "d" | "h" | "min" | "s" | "ms" | xsd:Name }?,
   attribute interval
   {
      xsd:float { minExclusive = "0" } | "regular" | "irregular"
   }?,
   when+
}
例子
<timeline xml:id="TL01" unit="ms">
 <when xml:id="TL-w0" absolute="11:30:00"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w1" interval="unknown" since="#TL-w0"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w2" interval="100" since="#TL-w1"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w3" interval="200" since="#TL-w2"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w4" interval="150" since="#TL-w3"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w5" interval="250" since="#TL-w4"/>
 <when xml:id="TL-w6" interval="100" since="#TL-w5"/>
</timeline>