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<variantEncoding>

variant encoding

declares the method used to encode text-critical variants.

Module textcritTCAPEN

Attributes

@methodindicates which method is used to encode the apparatus of variants.
Status
Required
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
Legal values
location-referenced
apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme referenced in a base text.
double-end-point
apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and ending of each lemma relative to a base text.
parallel-segmentation
alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the text; no notion of a base text is necessary.
@locationindicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text or external to it.
Status
Required
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
Legal values
internal
apparatus appears within the running text.
external
apparatus appears outside the base text.

Classes and content

Member of
May contain
empty
Contained by

Example

<variantEncoding method="location-referenced" location="external"/>

Content model

<content>
  <empty/>
</content>