<date>

A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@calendar, @enddate, @isodate, @label, @notafter, @notbefore, @startdate, @type, @xml:id, @xml:lang
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc.
<date>att.calendared@calendar
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
<date>att.datable@enddate
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
<date>att.datable@isodate
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
<date>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
<date>att.datable@notafter
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
<date>att.datable@notbefore
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
<date>att.datable@startdate
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<date>att.commonatt.typed@type
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
<date>att.commonatt.id@xml:id
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language.
<date>att.lang@xml:lang
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
(MEI.shared)
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that indicate the calendar system of a date or other datable element.
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to dates.
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
(MEI.shared) Language attributes common to text elements.
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language.
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc.
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language.
Member of
(date isn't member of any model class)
Contained By
May Contain
– (<date> may not have child elements)
Remarks

This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="date" module="MEI.shared">
<desc rend="replace">A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.calendared"/>
<memberOf key="att.datable"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
</classes>
<content>
<zeroOrMore>
<choice>
<rng:text/>
<ref name="model.textPhraseLike"/>
</choice>
</zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks>
<p>This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+basic(#c874ef5)