| <distance> | (distance) that part of a relative temporal or spatial expression which indicates
the distance between the place or time denoted by it and the place or
time referred to within it. |
| Attributes: | | exact | indicates the degree of accuracy associated with the distance. | | Datatype: (Y|N|U) | | Legal values: | | Y | The distance is exact. | | N | The distance is approximate. | | U | Accuracy unavailable or unknown. |
| | Default: U | | reg | provides a normalized evaluation of the expression
of relative distance. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: | | Default: #IMPLIED |
|
| Example |
<placeName>
<distance>two miles</distance>
<offset>north east of</offset>
<placeName> Manchester</placeName>
</placeName>
<dateStruct>
<distance exact=N reg='14 days'>
a fortnight</distance>
<offSet>after</offset>
<occasion>Michaelmas</occasion>
</dateStruct>
<timeStruct>
<distance>20 minutes</distance>
<offset>before</offset>
<occasion>noon</occasion>.
</timeStruct>
|
| Note | This is a specialized form of measure, used only within
relative temporal and spatial expressions.
|
| Tagset | auxiliary tag set for names and
dates |
| Class | placePart, temporalExpr [and
indirectly also:] names |
| Filename | teind2 |
| Parents | dateStruct placeName timeStruct |
| 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 distance - - (%phrase.seq) >
<!ATTLIST distance %a.global
key CDATA #IMPLIED
value CDATA #IMPLIED
type CDATA #IMPLIED
full (yes | abb | init) yes
exact (Y | N | U) U
reg CDATA #IMPLIED > |
| See | 20.2 |