There is an overlap between what CIMI was aiming to record and the existing TEI framework. TEI already has concepts for:

• Personal names (<persName>)
• Organisation names (<orgName>)
• Place names (<placeName>)
• Dates and times (<dateStruct>, <timeStruct>)

together with subelements which allow you to analyse each concept further (e.g. <settlement>, <region>, <country>, <bloc> and <geogName> for place names)

Aimed to use these existing element types where possible