Citation, Drama, Speech, and Verse
Encoding elements for verse and drama passages, planned for v2.
Citation
| element | description |
|---|---|
<bibl> |
(bibliographic citation) contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. Always place on a separate line, even if printed on the same line with the end of the verse or drama. |
<author> |
in <bibl>, contains the name(s) of an author,
personal or corporate, of a work. |
<editor> |
in <bibl>, contains a secondary statement of
responsibility for a work, for example the name of an individual,
institution or organization, (or of several such) acting as editor,
compiler, translator, etc. |
<title> |
in <bibl>, contains a title for any kind of
work. |
Drama
| element | description |
|---|---|
<sp> |
(speech) contains an individual speech in a performance text, or a
passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. Cf:
<said>. |
<speaker> |
contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. |
<stage> |
(stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. |
Speech Acts
| element | description |
|---|---|
<said> |
(speech or thought) indicates passages thought or spoken aloud when
directly reported in the text, whether by real people or fictional
characters. Cf: <sp>. |
<quote> |
(quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the authors to some agency external to the encyclopedia. |
Verse
| element | attribute | description |
|---|---|---|
<lg> |
(line group) used for two or more verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. | |
<l> |
(verse line) contains a single line of verse. | |
<l> |
@part |
for fragmented lines, like at the start and end of verse paragraphs or in drama. Allowed values are: I = initial fragment; M = medial fragment; F = final fragment. |