<valItem>

Attributes

@identspecifies the value concerned.

Status

Required

Datatype

teidata.text

Classes and content

May contain

core

• desc
• gloss

tagdocs

• altIdent
• equiv
• paramList
• remarks

Contained by

tagdocs

• valList

Examples

<valItem ident="dub">
  <altIdent xml:lang="fr">dou</altIdent>
  <equiv name="unknown"/>
  <gloss>dubious</gloss>
  <desc>used when the application of this element is doubtful or uncertain</desc>
</valItem>

The remarks element is only allowed within valItem if the desc element is also present:

<valList type="closed">
  <valItem ident="border">
    <desc>used to signify that there is border around a page.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="border-rule">
    <desc>used to signify that there is a border made of ruled lines.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="border-ornamental">
    <desc>used to signify that there is an ornamental border.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="catch">
    <gloss>catchword</gloss>
    <desc>for catch words.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="lineNum">
    <gloss>line number</gloss>
    <desc>for printed line numbers (usually in poetry).</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="listHead">
    <gloss>list heading</gloss>
    <desc>for headings of lists or similar constructs; often used in tables of contents for the
      <q>page</q> heading.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="pageNum">
    <gloss>page number</gloss>
    <desc>for page numbers.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="pressFig">
    <gloss>press figure</gloss>
    <desc>for press figures. These are usually numbers, but are not sequential or regularly
printed like signatures.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="sig">
    <gloss>signature</gloss>
    <desc>for printed signatures.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="unknown">
    <desc>for a metawork whose function you do not know.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="vol">
    <gloss>volume number</gloss>
    <desc>for printed volume numbers.</desc>
  </valItem>
  <valItem ident="other">
    <desc>anything not covered by the above values.</desc>
    <remarks>
      <p>Used for an ornament, decorated tool line, or symbol(s) that is not officially a
delimiter (and thus there is no element on which to put<val>pre()</val> or
        <val>post()</val>) but is used to fill space at the bottom of a page so that a
        <gi>floatingText</gi> or similar can start at the top of the next.</p>
    </remarks>
  </valItem>
</valList>

Content model

<content>
    <sequence>
      <classRef key="model.identSynonyms" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      <sequence minOccurs="0">
	<classRef key="model.descLike" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	<sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
	  <classRef key="model.identSynonyms" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
	  <classRef key="model.descLike" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	</sequence>
	<elementRef key="remarks" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </sequence>
      <elementRef key="paramList" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
    </sequence>
  </content>