TEI: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange

P5 Version 4.10.2. Last updated on 4th September 2025, revision bcfa98f42

<lbl>

<lbl> (label) contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. abbreviation for, contraction of, literally, approximately, synonyms:, etc. [10.3.1 Information on Written and Spoken Forms 10.3.3.2 Translation Equivalents 10.3.5.3 Cross-References to Other Entries]

Module dictionaries — Dictionaries

Attributes

att.global
- @xml:id
- @n
- @xml:lang
- @xml:base
- @xml:space
- att.global.analytic
  - @ana
- att.global.change
  - @change
- att.global.facs
  - @facs
- att.global.linking
  - @corresp
  - @synch
  - @sameAs
  - @copyOf
  - @next
  - @prev
  - @exclude
  - @select
- att.global.rendition
  - @rend
  - @style
  - @rendition
- att.global.responsibility
  - @cert
  - @resp
- att.global.source
  - @source
att.lexicographic
- @expand
- @split
- @value
- @location
- @mergedIn
- @opt
- att.datcat
  - @datcat
  - @valueDatcat
  - @targetDatcat
- att.lexicographic.normalized
  - @norm
  - @orig
att.typed
- type
- @subtype

type type⚓︎ classifies the label using any convenient typology.

Derived from att.typed

Status Optional

Datatype teidata.enumerated

Member of

model.entryPart model.entryPart.top model.lexicalRefinement

Contained by

core: cit

dictionaries: dictScrap entry entryFree etym form gramGrp hom re sense xr

namesdates: nym

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty precision respons

core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index l label lb lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear unit

dictionaries: lang oRef pRef

drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view

figures: figure formula notatedMusic table

gaiji: g

header: biblFull idno

iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib

linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline

msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width

namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait

spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing

tagdocs: att classSpec code constraintSpec dataSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec outputRendition specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val

textcrit: app listApp listWit witDetail

textstructure: floatingText

transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo

verse: caesura rhyme

character data

Note

Labels specifically relating to usage should be tagged with the special-purpose usg element rather than with the genericlbl element.

Example

<entry>
<form type="abbrev">
<orth>MTBF</orth>
</form>
<form type="full">
<lbl>abbrev. for</lbl>
<orth>mean time between failures</orth>
</form>
</entry>

Show all ⚓︎

Content model

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

Schema Declaration

<rng:element name="lbl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.lexicographic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datcat.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.lexicographic.normalized.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attribute.subtype"/>
 <rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="type">
  <rng:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
 </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>

element lbl
{
 att.global.attributes,
 att.global.analytic.attributes,
 att.global.change.attributes,
 att.global.facs.attributes,
 att.global.linking.attributes,
 att.global.rendition.attributes,
 att.global.responsibility.attributes,
 att.global.source.attributes,
 att.lexicographic.attributes,
 att.datcat.attributes,
 att.lexicographic.normalized.attributes,
 att.typed.attribute.subtype,
 attribute type { teidata.enumerated }?,
 macro.paraContent
}

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TEI Guidelines P5 Version 4.10.2. Last updated on 4th September 2025, revision bcfa98f42. This page generated on 2025年09月04日T16:27:03Z.