## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <oVar>

`<oVar>` | (orthographic-variant reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to variant orthographic form(s) of the headword.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from dictionaries, formPointers)

`type` | indicates the kind of variant involved.
| Datatype: CDATA

Sample values include:

pt | past tense
pp | past participle
prp | present participle
f | feminine
pl | plural

| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

Example

Module Declared in file teidict2; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
Class formPointers; dictionaries
Data Description Character data or `<oRef>`.
May contain #PCDATA oRef
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 eg 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 oVar %om.RR;  (#PCDATA | oRef)*>
    <!ATTLIST oVar
          %a.global;
          %a.formPointers;
          %a.dictionaries;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED>

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