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

`<geogName>` | (geographical name) a name associated with some geographical feature such as ‘Windrush Valley’ or ‘Mount Sinai’.
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from data, names)
`type` | provides more culture- linguistic- or application- specific information used to categorize this name component.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: one of a set of codes defined for the application.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <geogName>
       <geog>Mount</geog>
       <name>Sinai</name>
    </geogName>

Module Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class data; names
May contain #PCDATA addSpan alt altGrp anchor cb certainty delSpan fLib fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geog index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lb link linkGrp milestone name pb respons span spanGrp timeline
May occur within ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel 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 l label lang langKnown language lbl lem 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 time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT geogName %om.RR; (#PCDATA | geog | name | %m.Incl; )*>
    <!ATTLIST geogName
          %a.global;
          %a.names;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 20.2 Place Names

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