<speaker>

<speaker> contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. [3.13.2 Core Tags for Drama]
Module core — Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributes
Contained by
core: sp
May contain
Note

This element may be used to transcribe which character is speaking in a dramatic text as indicated by the source text; the who attribute of an sp element may be used to point to another element (typically a role) which provides information about the character speaking. Either or both may be used.

Example
<sp who="#ni #rsa">
 <speaker>Nancy and Robert</speaker>
 <stage type="delivery">(speaking simultaneously)</stage>
 <p>The future? ...</p>
</sp>
<list type="speakers">
 <item xml:id="ni"/>
 <item xml:id="rsa"/>
</list>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="speaker">
 <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="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element speaker
{
   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,
   macro.phraseSeq
}