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<alt>

alternation

identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages.

Module linkingSAAT

Attributes

@targetspecifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References.
Status
Optional
Datatype
2–∞ occurrences of teidata.pointer separated by whitespace
@modestates whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive.
Status
Recommended
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
Legal values
excl
(exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs.
incl
(inclusive) indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur.
@weightsIf @mode is excl, each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs. If @mode is incl each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs given that at least one of the other alternatives occurs.
Status
Optional
Datatype
2–∞ occurrences of teidata.probability separated by whitespace

Classes and content

Member of
May contain
empty
Contained by

analysis

cmc

nets

spoken

tagdocs

Example

<alt mode="excl" target="#we.fun #we.sun" weights="0.5 0.5"/>

Content model

<content>
  <empty/>
</content>