## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <creation>

`<creation>` | contains information about the creation of a text.
Attributes | Global attributes only

Example

    <creation>
       <date>Before 1987</date>
    </creation>

    <creation>
       <date value="1988-07-10">10 July 1988</date>
    </creation>

Note | The `<creation>` element may be used to record details of a text's creation, e.g. the date and place it was composed, if these are of interest; it should not be confused with the `<publicationStmt>` element, which records date and place of publication.
Module | Declared in file teihdr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Data Description | Character data and phrase-level elements.

May contain

#PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref

May occur within | profileDesc

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT creation %om.RO; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST creation
          %a.global;>

See further | 5.4.1 Creation; 5.4 The Profile Description

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