Page Numbers

Specifies encoding method for page numbers in TEI.

All page numbers must be encoded, along with the edition and volume number of the print original. We further include a link to the online image file used in the OCR process for the page.

Page information is included in two different places:
  1. The <div> @entry (text division) element at the start of each entry's text.
  2. The <pb> (page beginning) element indicating the beginning of a new page in the entry.

The <div> element

<div facs="ia:gri_33125011196710/page/n698" type="entry">
  1. We use @facs to identify the source information by adding the URI of the image used in the OCR process.
    1. The letters preceding the colon, "ia:", are shorthand notation for the online archive where the image is hosted. In output to HTML, these abbreviations are expanded to their full URI value, producing a valid URL that resolves to the online image.
  2. We include @type with the value entry to indicate that the text is an encyclopedia entry.
  3. See Misnumbered Pages note below.

The <pb> element

<pb break="no" facs="ia:gri_33125011196710/page/n699" xml:id="kp-eb0302-0699-0692"/>
  1. <pb> counts as a white space; setting @break to "no" turns this off.
  2. Include @facs with the URI for original page image.
  3. Add the @xml:id for the new page number. The last four digits of the image URI are also inserted into the @xml:id to insure uniqueness.
  4. See Misnumbered Pages note below.

Pagebreaks within notes

Notice: We adapted this technique from the Women Writers Project.
Note text can run over to the next page(s). Link the <pb> in the note to the corresponding <pb> in the main text using @xml:id and @corresp on both <pb> elements, to clarify that they both reference the same page break.
  • For the <pb> in the note, 
    1. <pb corresp="kp-eb0301-0059-0036" xml:id="pbn336"/>
    2. Add @corresp with the value of the corresponding @xml:id in the main text <pb>.
    3. Create an @xml:id value for the <pb>. It should begin with pbn followed by the edition number and the referenced page number.
  • For the <pb> in the main text, 
    1. <pb corresp="pbn336" facs="ia:gri_33125011196827/page/n59" xml:id="kp-eb0301-0059-0036"/>
    2. Add @corresp with the value of the corresponding @xml:id in the note <pb>.

Misnumbered pages

n="misnumbered 0150" xml:id="kp-eb0302-0162-0148"

While rare, sometimes page numbers in the print editions are obviously in error. In such cases, use the correct page number in @xml:id. Then add @n with the value misnumbered nnn, replacing nnn with the printed page number. This indicates the original page number was out of sequence.