<timeline>

<timeline> (scala temporale) indica una serie di punti ordinati temporalmente i quali possono essere collegati agli elementi di un testo parlato al fine di ottenere un allineamento temporale del testo stesso [16.5.2 Placing Synchronous Events in Time]
Modulolinking — Linking, Segmentation, and Alignment
Attributiatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp))
originindica l'origine della scala temporale, cioè il momento in cui ha inizio
Stato Opzionale
Tipo di dati 

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
unitspecifica l'unità temporale corrispondente al valore dell'attributo interval della scala temporale o dei suoi punti costitutivi I valori suggeriti includono: 1] d(days) ; 2] h(hours) ; 3] min(minutes) ; 4] s(seconds) ; 5] ms(milliseconds)
Stato Opzionale
Tipo di dati 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
I valori suggeriti includono:
d
(giorni)
h
(ore)
min
(minuti)
s
(secondi)
ms
(millesimi di secondo)
intervalindica la componente numerica di un intervallo temporale
Stato Opzionale
Tipo di dati 

<rng:ref name="data.interval"/>
data.interval
Membro del
model.global.meta
Contenuto in
analysis: cl m phr s span w
core: abbr add addrLine address author bibl biblScope cit citedRange corr date del distinct editor email emph expan foreign gloss head headItem headLabel hi imprint item l label lg list 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 geogFeat geogName langKnown nameLink nationality occupation offset orgName persName person personGrp placeName region residence roleName settlement sex socecStatus surname
nets: graph
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: eg 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 supplied surface surfaceGrp surplus zone
verse: metSym rhyme
Può contenere
linking: when
Dichiarazione

<rng:element name="timeline">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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.global.responsibility.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:ref name="data.interval"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="when"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element timeline
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   attribute origin { data.pointer }?,
   attribute unit { "d" | "h" | "min" | "s" | "ms" | xsd:Name }?,
   attribute interval { data.interval }?,
   when+
}
Esempio
<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>