xPointer (extended-pointer elements) groups elements which use the TEI extended pointer mechanism to point at locations which have no SGML ID.
Attributes:
doc (document or file) specifies the document within which the desired location is to be found.
Datatype: ENTITY
Values: The name of a system entity associated with the document within which the target of this extended pointer is to be found, by default the current document.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
 <xptr doc='Chap2' from='id (e23)'>
Note

The system entity named by this attribute must be declared (as a SUBDOC entity or a non-SGML entity) in the DTD of the document containing the extended pointer.

from specifies the start of the destination of the pointer, as an expression in the TEI extended-pointer notation described in section 14.2 .
Datatype: %extPtr;
Values: The value specified must be a valid expression in the TEI extended pointer notation defined in section 14.2 .
Default: "ROOT"
Example:
Note

If no value is specified, the target is the whole of the document identified by the doc attribute.

to specifies the endpoint of the destination of the pointer, as an expression in the TEI extended pointer notation.
Datatype: %extPtr;
Values: The value specified must be a valid expression in the TEI extended pointer notation defined in section 14.2 .
Default: "DITTO"
Example:
 <xptr doc=OrbisPictus from='id (animalia)'
       to='id (aquaticae)'>
Note

This attribute may only be supplied if the from attribute is also supplied, in which case the destination is defined to extend from the beginning of the location specified by the from attribute, up to the end of that specified by the to attribute. It is an error for the to attribute to specify a location whose end precedes the beginning of the location specified by from ; it is not an error for the scopes to overlap.

If no value is specified, the target is the location specified by the from attribute.

Note

This class belongs to the larger class pointer, which means its elements also inherit the attributes of that class.

Tagsetadditional tag set for
Classpointer
Filenameteiclas2.ent
Parents[none]
Membersxptr xref
Declaration <!ENTITY % a.xPointer ' %a.global %a.pointer doc ENTITY #IMPLIED from %extPtr; "ROOT" to %extPtr; "DITTO"' >
See 14.2

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