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<elementRef>

points to the specification for some element which is to be included in a schema.

Module tagdocsTDmodules

Attributes

Global and inherited attributes:
att.global @xml:id@n@xml:lang@xml:base@xml:space
att.global.analytic @ana
att.global.change @change
att.global.facs @facs
att.global.linking @corresp@synch@sameAs@copyOf@next@prev@exclude@select
att.global.rendition @rend@style@rendition
att.global.responsibility @cert@resp
att.global.source @source
att.repeatable @minOccurs@maxOccurs
@keythe identifier used for the required element within the source indicated.
Status
Required
Datatype
teidata.xmlName

Classes and content

Member of
model.contentPartmodel.oddRef
May contain
empty
Contained by

tagdocs

Note

Elements are identified by the name supplied as value for the @ident attribute on the elementSpec element in which they are declared. TEI element names are unique.

Examples

<elementRef key="p"/>

Include in the schema an element named p available from the current default source.

<elementRef key="p" source="tei:1.2.1"/>

Include in the schema an element named p available from the TEI P5 1.2.1 release.

Schematron

<constraintSpec xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" ident="only_sensible_attrs" scheme="schematron" xml:lang="en">
    <constraint>
      <sch:pattern>
        <sch:rule context="tei:elementRef[ parent::tei:schemaSpec | parent::tei:specGrp ]">
          <sch:report test="@minOccurs | @maxOccurs" role="error">An element reference is not repeatable when part of a schema specification (and thus this &lt;elementRef&gt; should not have @minOccurs or @maxOccurs).</sch:report>
        </sch:rule>
        <sch:rule context="tei:content//tei:elementRef">
          <sch:report test="@source" role="error">An element reference within a content model must refer to a locally defined element specification (and thus this &lt;elementRef&gt; should not have @source).</sch:report>
        </sch:rule>
      </sch:pattern>
    </constraint>
  </constraintSpec>

Content model

<content>
  <empty/>
</content>