## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# baseStandard

`baseStandard` | (base-component standard) groups elements in a writing system which refer to some public or private standard as part of the basis for the writing system declaration
Member of classes | (none)
Members | baseWsd codedCharSet entitySet

Declaration

    <!ENTITY % a.baseStandard '
          name CDATA #REQUIRED
    authority (tei | iso | national | private | none) #REQUIRED'>

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes)

`name` | gives the normal citation form for the standard being referred to.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: For national and international standards, the value should be the normal citation form for the standard; for public entity sets, it should be the standard public entity text; for private character sets, WSDs, and entity sets, it is recommended that a formal public identifier be used.
| Default: #REQUIRED

Example:

    <characters>
     <codedCharSet authority="national" name="ANSI X3.4"/>
     <codedCharSet authority="iso" name="ISO 646:1991"/>
    <baseWsd authority="tei" name="-//TEI P2: 1993//WSD ISO 8859-1//EN"/>
    <entitySet authority="iso" name="ISO 8879:1986//ENTITIES Added Latin
    1//EN"/>
    </characters>

`authority` | indicates the authority responsible for issuing the standard being referred to: the TEI, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a national body, or a private body.
| Datatype: (tei | iso | national | private | none)

Legal values are:

tei | the base writing system declaration is a standard WSD issued by the Text Encoding Initiative
iso | the character set or entity set was issued by ISO
national | the character set or entity set was issued by a national standards body
private | the writing system declaration, character set, or entity set was issued publicly by a private organization or project
none | the writing system declaration, character set, or entity set has not been publicly issued by any organization; it is specific to an individual text or project

| Default: #REQUIRED

Example:

Module Declared in file teiwsd2; Auxiliary tag set for Writing System Declarations
See further 25.4.1 Base Components of the WSD

Up: 33 Element Classes