## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <lbl>

`<lbl>` | (label) in dictionaries, contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. ‘abbreviation for’, ‘contraction of’, ‘literally’, ‘approximately’, ‘synonyms:’, etc.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from dictionaries, dictionaryParts, formInfo, gramInfo)

`type` | classifies the label using any convenient typology.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any string of characters, such as ‘usage’, ‘sense restriction’, etc.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

Example

Note

Labels specifically relating to usage should be tagged with the special-purpose `<usg>` element rather than with the generic `<lbl>` element.

Module Declared in file teidict2; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
Class dictionaryParts; formInfo; gramInfo; dictionaries
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within dictScrap eg entryFree etym form gramGrp trans xr
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT lbl %om.RO;  %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST lbl
          %a.global;
          %a.dictionaries;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 12.3.1 Information on Written and Spoken Forms; 12.3.3.2 Translation Equivalents; 12.3.5.3 Cross References to Other Entries; 12.3.1 Information on Written and Spoken Forms

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