## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <damage>

`<damage>` | contains an area of damage to the text witness.

Attributes

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

`type` | classifies the damage according to any convenient typology.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any phrase describing the damage, e.g. ‘faded’, ‘overbound’, ‘water’, ‘charred with loss of paper’.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`extent` | indicates approximately how much text is in the damaged area, in letters, minims, inches, or any appropriate unit, where this cannot be deduced from the contents of the tag. For example, the damage may span structural divisions in the text so that the tag must then be empty of content.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any measurement phrase, e.g. ‘25 letters’, ‘2 × 3 inches’.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`resp` | indicates the individual responsible for identifying the area of damage.
| 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:

`hand` | In the case of damage (deliberate defacement, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the damage.
| 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:

`agent` | In the case of damage resulting from an identifiable cause, signifies the causative agent.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any prose description of the agency of damage.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`degree` | Signifies the degree of damage according to a convenient scale. The `<damage>` tag with the `degree` attribute should only be used where the text may be read with some confidence; text supplied from other sources should be tagged as `<supplied>`.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: an alphanumeric categorization of the degree of damage, as ‘40%’.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

Note

The `<damage>` tag with the `degree` attribute should only be used where the text may be read with confidence despite the damage. It is appropriate where it is desired to record the fact of damage, though this has not affected the readability of the text (as may be the case with weathered inscriptional materials). Where the damage has rendered the text more or less illegible either the `<unclear>` tag (for partial illegibility) or the `<gap>` tag (for complete illegibility, with no text supplied) should be used, with the information concerning the damage given in the attribute values of these tags. See section 18.2.4 Use of the Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination for discussion of the use of these tags in particular circumstances.

Example

Note

Since damage to text witnesses frequently makes them harder to read, the `<damage>` element will often contain an `<unclear>` element. If the damaged area is not continuous in the text (e.g. a stain on one side of a page), the `<join>` element may be used to indicate which `<damage>` and `<unclear>` elements are part of the same physical phenomenon.

The `<damage>`, `<gap>`, `<del>`, `<unclear>` and `<supplied>` elements may be closely allied in use. See section 18.2.4 Use of the Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

Module Declared in file teitran2; Additional tag set for Physical Transcription: enabled by TEI.transcr
Class edit
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
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Declaration

    <!ELEMENT damage %om.RO;  %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST damage
          %a.global;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED
          extent CDATA #IMPLIED
          resp IDREF %INHERITED;
          hand IDREF %INHERITED;
          agent CDATA #IMPLIED
          degree CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 18.2.3 Damage, Illegibility, and Supplied Text

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