Element Classes


  • Most TEI elements are assigned to one or more
    • element classes, identifying their syntactic properties, or
    • attribute classes, identifying their attributes
  • In the DTD, each class is represented by a parameter entity
  • This provides a (relatively) simple way of
    • documenting and understanding the DTD
    • modifying content models
    • facilitating customization
  • An alternative way of doing architectural forms

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