date

TEI guidelines element date

Schema specification

Content

Please use your editor to see what elements, attributes and in what order they are allowed.

See: att.global.attributes

See: att.canonical.attributes

See: att.datable.attribute.period

See: att.datable.w3c.attribute.when

See: att.datable.w3c.attribute.notBefore

See: att.datable.w3c.attribute.notAfter

See: att.datable.w3c.attribute.from

See: att.datable.w3c.attribute.to

See: att.datable.iso.attribute.when-iso

See: att.datable.iso.attribute.notBefore-iso

See: att.datable.iso.attribute.notAfter-iso

See: att.datable.iso.attribute.from-iso

See: att.datable.iso.attribute.to-iso

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.when-custom

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.notBefore-custom

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.notAfter-custom

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.from-custom

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.to-custom

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.datingPoint

See: att.datable.custom.attribute.datingMethod

See: att.duration.attributes

See: att.editLike.attributes

See: att.dimensions.attributes

See: att.typed.attribute.subtype

Optional: attribute @calendar
Optional: attribute @type

Schema specification

In the element <date> we often want to add bibliography in the form of a single citation or a full bibliography. The schematron rule tries to avoid the absence of white spaces before and after the element. Please use the provided values for type and calendar Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

content

<content>
                        <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                            <textNode></textNode>
                            <elementRef key="tei_model.gLike"></elementRef>
                            <elementRef key="tei_model.phrase"></elementRef>
                            <elementRef key="tei_model.global"></elementRef>
                            <elementRef key="listChange"></elementRef>
                            <elementRef key="listBibl"></elementRef>
                            <elementRef key="bibl"></elementRef>
                        </alternate>
                    </content>
context rule report
tei:date[ancestor::place[@subtype='institution']] not(@type='foundation')
Attribute @type='foundation' is require for date into a note about an institution.
tei:date[not(text())] matches(following-sibling::text()[1], '^\w') or matches(preceding-sibling::text()[1], '\w$')
There should be a space before and one after the element date

Attibutes list

attribute type

This attribute can have a maximum of 3 values separated by a space.

This is a semi list of allowed values

value definition
age Age, the value should be given in a @dur attribute according to W3C datatypes
reign Duration of a reign, the value should be given in a @dur attribute according to W3C datatypes
life Duration of life, the value should be given in a @dur attribute according to W3C datatypes
marriage Duration of marriage, the value should be given in a @dur attribute according to W3C datatypes
generic-duration Generic duration, the value should be given in a @dur attribute according to W3C datatypes
foundation Date of foundation
composition Date of the composition of a work
translation Date of the translation of a work
revision Date of the revision of a work
recension Date of the composition of a specific recension
diesNatalis Date of a saint’s martyrdom
birth Date of birth (do not use this in a person record, use element birth)
ascension Date of a person’s ascension to power
death Date of death
production The date of production of the document (EMA)
repeated If the commemoration is repeated, please add this value as well in type

attribute calendar

This is a closed list of allowed values

value definition
world ʿĀmata ʿālam, ʿĀmat ʾəm-fəṭrat, ʿĀmat ʾəm-ʾAddām, ʿĀmata məḥrat (=Era of the World)
ethiopian ʿĀmata śəggāwe, ʿĀmata məḥrat (Era of the Incarnation/ Ethiopian contemporary Calendar of the contemporary time, year 1 = 7/8 CE)
grace ʿĀmata məḥrat (= Ethiopian Era of Grace, year 1 = 359/360 CE)
diocletian ʿĀmata samāʿtāt (Era of Martyrs/ Era of Diocletian, year 1 = 283/284 CE)
alexander ʿĀmata ʾƎskəndər (= Era of Alexander of Macedon, year 1 = 319 BC)
evangelists Evangelist's name associated with the year (repeated in the canonical order: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
gregorian Gregorian calendar. Only for use in IslHornAfr project records
hijri Only for use in IslHornAfr project records
islamic ʿĀmata ʾagār (= Hiǧrī, Islamic Era)
julian Julian calendar
creation Year from the Creation
qamar ʿĀmata qamar (= Year of the 532 year cycle, can correspond to the ʿĀmata samāʿtāt with year 1 = 283/284 CE or the true ʿĀmata məḥrat, with year 1 = 359/360 CE)
Example 1

Example from BLorient512


                            <date notBefore="1675" notAfter="1725" resp="PRS10759Zuurmon">
                                <note>Date according to <bibl>
                                        <ptr target="bm:Zuurmond1989EvangeliumMarc"></ptr>
                                        <citedRange unit="part">II</citedRange>
                                        <citedRange unit="page">80</citedRange>
                                    </bibl>. </note>
                            </date>
                        

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Revisions of this page

  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo on 2018-04-24: stub of page