| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # dictionaries

`dictionaries` | defines a set of global attributes available on elements in the base tag set for dictionaries.
Member of classes | (none)
Members | case colloc def eg entryFree etym form gen gram gramGrp hom hyph itype lang lbl mood number oRef oVar orth pRef pVar per pos pron re sense subc syll tns tr trans usg xr
Declaration |
    <!ENTITY % a.dictionaries '
          expand CDATA #IMPLIED
          norm CDATA #IMPLIED
          split CDATA #IMPLIED
          value CDATA #IMPLIED
          orig CDATA #IMPLIED
          location IDREF #IMPLIED
          mergedin IDREF #IMPLIED
          opt (y | n) "n"'>
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes)
`expand` | gives an expanded form of information presented more concisely in the dictionary
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`norm` | gives a normalized form of information given by the source text in a non-normalized form
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`split` | gives the list of split values for a merged form
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`value` | gives a value which lacks any realization in the printed source text.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`orig` | (original) gives the original string or is the empty string when the element does not appear in the source text.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`location` | provides a reference to an `<anchor>` element elsewhere in the document indicating the original location of this component.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: a valid identifier for an `<anchor>` element elsewhere in the current document.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`mergedin` | gives a reference to another element, where the original appears as a merged form.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: any valid identifier.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
`opt` | (optional) indicates whether the element is optional or not
| Datatype: (y | n)
| Values: any string of characters
| Default: n
| Example:
    <form>
       <orth next="o2" id="o1">thyr</orth>
       <orth next="o3" prev="o1" id="o2" opt="y">é</orth>
       <orth prev="o2" id="o3">ostimuline</orth>
       <pron next="p2" id="p1">tiR</pron>
       <pron next="p3" prev="p1" id="p2" opt="y">e</pron>
       <pron prev="p2" id="p3">ostimylin</pron>
    </form>

Module Declared in file teidict2.ent; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
See further 12.2 The Structure of Dictionary Entries

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