| <num> | (number) contains a number, written in any form. |
| Attributes: | | type | indicates the type of numeric value. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Legal values: | | cardinal | absolute number, e.g. ``21'', ``21.5'' | | ordinal | ordinal number, e.g. ``21st'' | | fraction | fraction, e.g. ``one half'' or ``three halves'' | | percentage | e.g. ``ten percent'' |
| | Default: #IMPLIED | | Note | If a different typology is desired, other values can be used
for this attribute.
| | value | supplies the value of the number in an application-dependent
standard form. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: any numeric value in the chosen standard form. | | Default: #IMPLIED | | Note | The standard form used should be described in the
<std.vals> element in the TEI header. Standard forms may be
defined from scratch, or borrowed from existing practice (e.g.
``Standard values are given in the notation defined for numeric
constants in the C language.'')
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| Example |
<num type=cardinal value='21'>twenty-one</num>
<num type=cardinal value='1.5'>1.5</num>
He stands <num type=cardinal value='1.9'>1 · 90</num>m. high.
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| Note | Detailed analyses of quantities and units of measure in
historical documents should use the feature structure mechanism
described in chapter 16 . The <num> element is
intended for use in simple applications.
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| Tagset | additional tag set for common core
features |
| Class | data [and indirectly also:] phrase |
| Filename | teicore2 |
| Content: | May contain character data and phrase-level elements. |
| Parents | ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin
affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera
caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc
constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def
del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor
docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph
equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign
forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head
headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label
lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood
name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn
orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr
placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose
q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role
roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed
soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc
supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title
titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit
witDetail witness writing xr xref |
| Children | #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage
date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw
geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num
oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg
restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange
timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT num - - (%phrase.seq;) >
<!ATTLIST num %a.global
type CDATA #IMPLIED
value CDATA #IMPLIED > |
| See | 6.4.3 |