TEI element ident (identifier)

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<ident>

<ident> (identifier) contains an identifier or name for an object of some kind in a formal language. ident is used for tokens such as variable names, class names, type names, function names etc. in formal programming languages. [22.1.1. Phrase Level Terms]

Module

tagdocs

Attributes

Attributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.typed (@type)

type type¶

Status

Optional

Member of

model.emphLike

Contained by

core: abbr author bibl biblScope date desc editor email emph foreign head hi item label mentioned name note num p pubPlace publisher q quote ref soCalled term title

figures: cell

header: change classCode edition language rendition

namesdates: affiliation forename orgName roleName surname

tagdocs: eg

transcr: supplied

May contain

Character data only

Declaration

element ident { attribute type { text }?, text }

Example

<ident type="namespace">http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples</ident>

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Note

In running prose, this element may be used for any kind of identifier in any formal language. It should not be used for element and attribute names in XML, for which the special elements gi and att are provided.