The <lem> element may also be used, under some circumstances, to record the base text of the source edition, to mark the readings of a base witness, to indicate the preference of an editor or encoder for a particular reading, or to make clear, in cases of ambiguity, precisely which portion of the main text the variation applies to. Those who prefer to work without the notion of a base text may prefer not to use it at all. An integer indicating the position of this reading in a sequence, when there is reason to presume a sequence of the variant readings, may be captured in the @seq attribute.
In no case should <lem> contain elements that would not otherwise be permitted to occur within the parent of its own <app> ancestor. For example, when used as a descendent of <verse>, <lem> should only contain those elements allowed within <verse>.
The model of this element is based on the lem element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).
<elementSpec ident="lem" module="MEI.critapp">
<gloss xml:lang="en">lemma</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.crit"/>
<memberOf key="att.pointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.rdg.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.rdg.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.rdg.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.rdg.vis"/>
<memberOf key="att.targetEval"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="model.appLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.editLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.fLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.graphicPrimitiveLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.layerPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.milestoneLike.music"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumeComponentModifierLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumeModifierLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumePart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.rdgPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.sectionPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.staffGrpLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
<rng:ref name="expansion"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The <gi scheme="MEI">lem</gi> element may also be used, under some circumstances, to record
the base text of the source edition, to mark the readings of a base witness, to indicate
the
preference of an editor or encoder for a particular reading, or to make clear, in
cases of
ambiguity, precisely which portion of the main text the variation applies to. Those
who
prefer to work without the notion of a base text may prefer not to use it at all.
An integer
indicating the position of this reading in a sequence, when there is reason to presume
a
sequence of the variant readings, may be captured in the <att>seq</att> attribute.</p>
<p>In no case should <gi scheme="MEI">lem</gi> contain elements that would not otherwise be
permitted to occur within the parent of its own <gi scheme="MEI">app</gi> ancestor. For
example, when used as a descendent of <gi scheme="MEI">verse</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">lem</gi>
should only contain those elements allowed within <gi scheme="MEI">verse</gi>.</p>
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-lem.html">lem</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>