## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <occasion>

`<occasion>` | a temporal expression (either a date or a time) given in terms of a named occasion such as a holiday, a named time of day, or some notable event.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from temporalExpr

Example

    In New York,
      <dateStruct value="01-01">
          <occasion type="holiday">New Years Day</occasion>
       </dateStruct> is the quietest of holidays,
      <dateStruct value="07-04">
          <occasion type="holiday">Independence Day</occasion>
       </dateStruct>
    the most turbulent.

Module | Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class | temporalExpr

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 | dateStruct timeStruct

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT occasion %om.RR; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST occasion
          %a.global;
          %a.temporalExpr;>

See further | 20.4 Dates and Time

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