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<lbl>

label

contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. abbreviation for, contraction of, literally, approximately, synonyms:, etc.

Module dictionariesDITPFODITPTRDITPXR

Attributes

@typeclassifies the label using any convenient typology.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
<div type="verse">
  <head>Night in Tarras</head>
  <lg type="stanza">
    <l>At evening tramping on the hot white road</l>
    <l>…</l>
  </lg>
  <lg type="stanza">
    <l>A wind sprang up from nowhere as the sky</l>
    <l>…</l>
  </lg>
</div>

Classes and content

Member of
May contain

dictionaries

gaiji

textstructure

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

core

namesdates

Note

Labels specifically relating to usage should be tagged with the special-purpose usg element rather than with the genericlbl element.

Example

<entry>
  <form type="abbrev">
    <orth>MTBF</orth>
  </form>
  <form type="full">
    <lbl>abbrev. for</lbl>
    <orth>mean time between failures</orth>
  </form>
</entry>

Content model

<content>
    <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
  </content>