<span>

<span> associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text. [18.3 Spans and Interpretations]
Module analysis — Simple Analytic Mechanisms
Attributes
from⚓︎ gives the identifier of the node which is the starting point of the span of text being annotated; if not accompanied by a to attribute, gives the identifier of the node of the entire span of text being annotated.
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.pointer
to⚓︎ gives the identifier of the node which is the end-point of the span of text being annotated.
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.pointer
Member of
model.global.meta
Contained by
analysis: cl m phr s span spanGrp w
cmc: post
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 rb ref reg resp rs rt said series sic soCalled sp speaker stage street term textLang time title unclear unit
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
linking: ab seg standOff
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions catchwords collation collection colophon condition custEvent decoNote explicit filiation finalRubric foliation heraldry incipit institution layout material msItem musicNotation objectType origDate origPlace origin provenance repository rubric secFol signatures source stamp summary support surrogates typeNote watermark
namesdates: addName affiliation age birth bloc country death district education eventName faith floruit forename genName gender geogFeat geogName langKnown nameLink nationality objectName occupation offset orgName persName persPronouns person personGrp persona placeName region residence roleName settlement sex socecStatus surname
nets: graph
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: eg valDesc
textcrit: 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 secl sourceDoc supplied surface surfaceGrp surplus zone
verse: metSym rhyme
May contain
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num pb ptr q ref rs soCalled term time title unit
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic
header: idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident listRef tag val
textcrit: app witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw listTranspose metamark space subst substJoin
character data
Example
<p xml:id="para2">(The "aftermath" starts here)</p>
<p xml:id="para3">(The "aftermath" continues here)</p>
<p xml:id="para4">(The "aftermath" ends in this paragraph)</p>
<!-- ... -->
<span type="structure" from="#para2"
 to="#para4">aftermath</span>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:span">
<sch:report test="@from and @target"> Only one of the attributes @target and @from may be supplied on <sch:name/>
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:span">
<sch:report test="@to and @target"> Only one of the attributes @target and @to may be supplied on <sch:name/>
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:span">
<sch:report test="@to and not(@from)"> If @to is supplied on <sch:name/>, @from must be supplied as well
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:span">
<sch:report test="contains(normalize-space(@to),' ') or contains(normalize-space(@from),' ')"> The attributes @to and @from on <sch:name/> may each contain only a single value
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Content model 
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="span">
 <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:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.interpLike.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.pointing.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.cmc.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="from">
   <rng:ref name="teidata.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="to">
   <rng:ref name="teidata.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element span
{
   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,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.interpLike.attributes,
   att.pointing.attributes,
   att.cmc.attributes,
   attribute from { teidata.pointer }?,
   attribute to { teidata.pointer }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}