## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <interaction>

`<interaction>` | describes the extent, cardinality and nature of any interaction among those producing and experiencing the text, for example in the form of response or interjection, commentary etc.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes)

`type` | specifies whether or not there is any interaction between active and passive participants in the text.
| Datatype: (none|partial|complete|inapplicable)

Legal values are:

none | no interaction of any kind, e.g. a monologue
partial | some degree of interaction, e.g. a monologue with set responses
complete | complete interaction, e.g. a face to face conversation
inapplicable | this parameter is inappropriate or inapplicable in this case

| Default: #IMPLIED

`active` | specifies the number of active participants (or addressors) producing parts of the text.
| Datatype: CDATA

Suggested values include:

singular | a single addressor
plural | many addressors
corporate | a corporate addressor
unknown | number of addressors unknown or unspecifiable

| Default: #IMPLIED
`passive` | specifies the number of passive participants (or addressees) to whom a text is directed or in whose presence it is created or performed.
| Datatype: CDATA

Suggested values include:

self | text is addressed to the originator e.g. a diary
single | text is addressed to one other person e.g. a personal letter
many | text is addressed to a countable number of others e.g. a conversation in which all participants are identified
group | text is addressed to an undefined but fixed number of participants e.g. a lecture
world | text is addressed to an undefined and indeterminately large number e.g. a published book

| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <!-- An informal conversation:  -->
    <interaction type="complete" active="plural" passive="many"/>

Example

    <!-- A formal lecture:   -->
    <interaction type="none" active="singular" passive="group"/>

Module Declared in file teicorp2; Additional tag set for language corpora: enabled by TEI.corpus
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 textDesc
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT interaction %om.RO; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST interaction
          %a.global;
          type (none|partial|complete|inapplicable) #IMPLIED
          active CDATA #IMPLIED
          passive CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 23.2.1 The Text Description

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