| <symbol> | documents the intended significance of a particular character or
character sequence within a metrical notation, either explicitly or in
terms of other <symbol> elements in the same <metNotation> . |
| Attributes: | | value | specifies the character or character sequence being documented. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: any available character or character sequence. | | Default: #REQUIRED | | terminal | specifies whether the symbol is defined in terms of other
symbols (terminal=N ) or in prose (terminal=Y ). | | Datatype: (Y|N) | | Legal values: | | Y | the element contains a prose definition of its meaning. | | N | the element contains a definition of its meaning given using
symbols defined elsewhere in the same <metNotation> element. |
| | Default: Y |
|
| Example |
<symbol value='x'>a stressed syllable
<symbol value='o'>an unstressed syllable
<symbol value='A' terminal=N>xoo
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| Note | |
| Tagset | base tag set for TEI headers |
| Class | |
| Filename | teihdr2 |
| Content: | May contain character data and phrase-level elements. |
| Parents | metDecl |
| 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 symbol - O (%phrase.seq;) >
<!ATTLIST symbol %a.global
value CDATA #REQUIRED
terminal (Y | N) Y > |
| See | 5.3.8 ; 9.4 |