| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <ptr>

`<ptr>` | defines a pointer to another location in the current document in terms of one or more identifiable elements.
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from loc, pointer, terminologyInclusions)
`target` | specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying the values used on the `id` attribute of one or more other elements in the current document
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: One or more valid identifiers, separated by white space.
| Default: #REQUIRED

Example

    <ptr type="s" resp="LB" target="p2 p5"/>
    <ptr type="defn" target="d1"/>

Module Declared in file teicore2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class loc; pointer; terminologyInclusions
May occur within ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation altGrp author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cit cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage date dateRange def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype joinGrp l label lang langKnown language lbl lem linkGrp locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term termEntry tig time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT ptr %om.RO; EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST ptr
          %a.global;
          %a.pointer;
          target IDREFS #REQUIRED>

See further 6.6 Simple Links and Cross References; 14.1 Pointers

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