<correction> (correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text.
Attributes:
status indicates the degree of correction applied to the text.
Datatype: (high | medium | low | unknown)
Legal values:
high the text has been thoroughly checked and proofread.
medium the text has been checked at least once.
low the text has not been checked.
unknown the correction status of the text is unknown.
Default: unknown
method indicates the method adopted to indicate corrections within the text.
Datatype: (silent | tags)
Legal values:
silent corrections have been made silently
tags corrections have been represented using editorial tags
Default: silent
Example
<correction><p>Errors in transcription controlled by using the
WordPerfect spelling checker, with a user defined dictionary of 500
extra words taken from Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary.
Note

May be used to note the results of proof reading the text against its original, indicating (for example) whether discrepancies have been silently rectified, or recorded using the editorial tags described in section 6.5 .

Tagsetauxiliary tag set for TEI headers
Classdeclarable
Filenameteihdr2
Content:
ParentseditorialDecl
Childrenp
Declaration
<!ELEMENT correction    - O  (p+)                               >
<!ATTLIST correction         %a.global
                             %a.declarable
          status             (high | medium | low | unknown) 
                                                 unknown
          method             (silent | tags)     silent         >
See 5.3.3 ; 23.3.2

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