<corr> (correction) contains the correct form of a passage apparently erroneous in the copy text.
Attributes:
sic gives the original form of the apparent error in the copy text.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: any string of characters
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
  for his nose was as sharp as a pen, and
  <corr sic="a Table"> a' babbled</corr>
  of green fields.
resp (responsibility) signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for suggesting the correction held as the content of the <corr> element.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding (see chapter 17 ).
Default: %INHERITED
Example:
Note

If the correction was made in the source, this attribute should be used to identify the hand of the corrector.

cert (certainty) signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the correction held as the content of the <corr> element.
Datatype: CDATA
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
Example

If all that is desired is to call attention to the fact that the copy text has been corrected, no attributes are required:

I don't know, Juan.  It's so far in the past now —
how <corr>can we</corr> prove or disprove anyone's theories?
Example

It is also possible to provide a correct reading and to identify the individual responsible for the correction:

I don't know, Juan.  It's so far in the past now —
how <corr sic='we can' resp='MSM'>can we</corr> prove or
disprove anyone's theories?
Note

The <corr> tag is a mirror of <sic> : the latter leaves the original text untouched, giving the correction as an attribute value; the former substitutes the correction, leaving the original reading as an attribute value. The choice between them is up to the encoder.

Tagsetadditional tag set for common core features
Classedit [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filenameteicore2
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
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Children#PCDATA TEI...end ab abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct eTree emph entry entryFree event expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss graph handShift hi kinesic l label lang lg lg1 link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig p pRef pVar pause persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg shift sic soCalled sound sp space stage superentry supplied table tag tech term termEntry text time timeRange timeStruct title tree u unclear val view vocal w witDetail witList writing xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT corr          - -  (%specialPara;)                    >
<!ATTLIST corr               %a.global
          sic                CDATA               #IMPLIED
          resp               CDATA               %INHERITED
                                                  
          cert               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
See 6.5.1

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