<TEI>

<TEI> (TEI document) contains a single TEI-conformant document, containing a single TEI header, a single text, one or more members of the model.resourceLike class, or a combination of these. A series of TEI elements may be combined together to form a teiCorpus element. [4 Default Text Structure 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text]
Moduletextstructure — Default Text Structure
Attributesatt.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))
versionspecifies the major version number of the TEI Guidelines against which this document is valid.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.version"/>
data.version
Note

The major version number is historically prefixed by a P (for Proposal), and is distinct from the version number used for individual releases of the Guidelines, as used by (for example) the source of the schemaSpec element. The current version is P5.

Contained by
core: teiCorpus
May contain
header: teiHeader
iso-fs: fsdDecl
textstructure: text
transcr: facsimile sourceDoc
Declaration

<rng:element name="TEI">
 <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="version">
   <rng:ref name="data.version"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:ref name="teiHeader"/>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.resourceLike"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="text"/>
    </rng:optional>
   </rng:group>
   <rng:ref name="text"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element TEI
{
   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 version { data.version }?,
   ( teiHeader, ( ( model.resourceLike+, text? ) | text ) )
}
Schematron

<s:ns prefix="tei"
 uri="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"/>
<s:ns prefix="xs"
 uri="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
Schematron

<s:ns prefix="rng"
 uri="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"/>
Example
<TEI version="5.0" xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 <teiHeader>
  <fileDesc>
   <titleStmt>
    <title>The shortest TEI Document Imaginable</title>
   </titleStmt>
   <publicationStmt>
    <p>First published as part of TEI P2, this is the P5
         version using a name space.</p>
   </publicationStmt>
   <sourceDesc>
    <p>No source: this is an original work.</p>
   </sourceDesc>
  </fileDesc>
 </teiHeader>
 <text>
  <body>
   <p>This is about the shortest TEI document imaginable.</p>
  </body>
 </text>
</TEI>
Example
<TEI version="5.0" xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 <teiHeader>
  <fileDesc>
   <titleStmt>
    <title>A TEI Document containing four page images </title>
   </titleStmt>
   <publicationStmt>
    <p>Unpublished demonstration file.</p>
   </publicationStmt>
   <sourceDesc>
    <p>No source: this is an original work.</p>
   </sourceDesc>
  </fileDesc>
 </teiHeader>
 <facsimile>
  <graphic url="page1.png"/>
  <graphic url="page2.png"/>
  <graphic url="page3.png"/>
  <graphic url="page4.png"/>
 </facsimile>
</TEI>
Note

This element is required. It is customary to specify the TEI namespace http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0 on it, using the xmlns attribute.