Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie - Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies

Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie

Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies

a research centre of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature

<decoration>


<decoration> Describes decorative items in the letter that have originated within the writing act.
Attributes
No other than global attributes
Example
<decoration>
   <decoList>
      <decoItem id="fig1">
         <decoDesc>
            <p>small black/white drawing of a tree</p>
         </decoDesc>
      </decoItem>
      <decoItem id="fig2">
         <decoDesc>
            <p>small color drawing of suggested page layout, containing some text</p>
         </decoDesc>
         <decoText>
            <p>Eerste paragraaf Hier</p>
            <p>voetnoten!</p>
         </decoText>
      </decoItem>
   </decoList>
</decoration>
Example
<decoration>
   <p>small black/white drawing of a tree</p>
   <p>small color drawing of suggested page layout, containing the text 
      <q>Eerste paragraaf Hier <lb /> voetnoten!</q>
   </p>
</decoration>
Note

The decorations in a document can be described either in a loose prose description, or in a list (recommended), containing a structured definition per decorative item concerned.

Content A prose description of the decorations should contain one or more paragraphs; a structured description must be done in a single <decoList> element.
Parents physDesc
Children decoList p
Declaration
<!ELEMENT decoration %om.RR; 
          (decoList | p+)> 
<!ATTLIST decoration 
          %a.global;>
See further 4.3.6. Decorative elements: <decoration> and <paraphernalia>

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