<pb>

<pb> (page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next in a standard reference system. [3.10.3 Milestone Elements]
Modulecore — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.sourced (@ed) att.spanning (@spanTo) att.breaking (@break)
Used by
model.milestoneLike
Contained by
analysis: cl m phr s span w
core: abbr add addrLine address author bibl biblScope cit corr date del distinct editor email emph expan foreign gloss head headItem headLabel hi imprint item l label lg list listBibl measure mentioned name note num orig p pubPlace publisher q quote ref reg resp rs said series sic soCalled sp speaker stage street term textLang time title unclear
corpus: activity channel constitution derivation domain factuality interaction locale preparedness purpose
dictionaries: case colloc def dictScrap entry entryFree etym form gen gram gramGrp hom hyph iType lang lbl mood number orth per pos pron re sense stress subc syll tns usg xr
drama: actor camera caption castGroup castItem castList epilogue performance prologue role roleDesc set sound spGrp tech view
figures: cell figure table
header: authority change classCode distributor edition extent funder geoDecl handNote language licence principal scriptNote sponsor typeNote
linking: ab seg
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions catchwords collation colophon condition custEvent decoNote explicit filiation finalRubric foliation heraldry incipit layout material msItem musicNotation objectType origDate origPlace origin provenance rubric secFol signatures source stamp summary support surrogates watermark
namesdates: addName affiliation age birth bloc country death district education faith floruit forename genName geogName langKnown nameLink nationality occupation orgName persName person placeName region residence roleName settlement sex socecStatus surname
nets: graph
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: valDesc
textcrit: app lem rdg wit witDetail
textstructure: argument back body byline closer dateline div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph floatingText front group imprimatur opener postscript salute signed text titlePage titlePart trailer
transcr: damage fw line metamark mod restore retrace sourceDoc subst supplied surface surfaceGrp surplus zone
verse: metSym rhyme
May containEmpty element
Declaration

<rng:element name="pb">
 <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="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.sourced.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.spanning.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.breaking.attributes"/>
 <rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element pb
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.sourced.attributes,
   att.spanning.attributes,
   att.breaking.attributes,
   empty
}
Example

Page numbers may vary in different editions of a text.

<p> ... <pb n="145" ed="ed2"/>
<!-- Page 145 in edition "ed2" starts here --> ... <pb n="283" ed="ed1"/>
<!-- Page 283 in edition "ed1" starts here--> ... </p>
Example

A page break may be associated with a facsimile image of the page it introduces by means of the facs attribute

<body>
 <pb n="1" facs="page1.png"/>
<!-- page1.png contains an image of the page; the text it contains is encoded here -->
 <p>
<!-- ... -->
 </p>
 <pb n="2" facs="page2.png"/>
<!-- similarly, for page 2 -->
 <p>
<!-- ... -->
 </p>
</body>
Note
By convention, pb elements should appear at the start of the page to which they refer. The global n attribute indicates the number or other value associated with the page which follows. This will normally be the page number or signature printed on it, since the physical sequence number is implicit in the presence of the pb element itself.
The type attribute may be used to characterize the page break in any respect, for example as word-breaking or not.