## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <add>

`<add>` | (addition) contains letters, words, or phrases inserted in the text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from edit)

`place` | if the the addition is written into the copy text, indicates where the additional text is written.
| Datatype: CDATA

Suggested values include:

inline | addition is made in a space left in the witness by an earlier scribe
supralinear | addition is made above the line
infralinear | addition is made below the line
left | addition is made in left margin
right | addition is made in right margin
top | addition is made in top margin
bottom | addition is made in bottom margin
opposite | addition is made on opposite page
verso | addition is made on verso of sheet
mixed | addition is made somewhere, one or more of other values

| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`resp` | (responsible) signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying the hand of the addition.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding (see chapter 17 Certainty and Responsibility).
| Default: %INHERITED;

Example:

`cert` | (certainty) signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the identification of the hand of the addition.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`hand` | signifies the hand of the agent which made the addition.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section 18.2.1 Document Hands).
| Default: %INHERITED;

Example:

Example

Note

The `<add>` tag should not be used for additions made by editors or encoders. In these cases, either the `<corr>` tag or the `<supplied>` tag should be used.

Module Declared in file teicore2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class edit
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain #PCDATA ab 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 eTree emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss graph handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp l label lang lb lg link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig p pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound sp space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title tree unclear view w witDetail witList xptr xref
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 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 add %om.RR;  %specialPara;>
    <!ATTLIST add
          %a.global;
          place CDATA #IMPLIED
          resp IDREF %INHERITED;
          cert CDATA #IMPLIED
          hand IDREF %INHERITED;>

See further 6.5.3 Additions, Deletions, and Omissions

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