The TEI Sample File

Unpublished, as yet

Derived from a TEI exercise by Lou Burnard and Sebastian Rahtz

 5 February 2002first attempt
PREFACE

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an xml:idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.

Their faithful Friend and Servant, C.D. December, 1843.
Something Literary
Marley's Ghost

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Some nonsense
Some simple markup

The hi element is used for various forms of highlighting: e.g. bold, italic and small caps. superscript, subscript, underline. Generally a hi element takes rend, but you'll be alerted when it doesn't.

The emph element is used for linguistic emphasis. highlighting (soCalled) nor with shouting (mentioned), transmogrification, (a technical term), for which the gloss tag might be used to supply a technical definition).

Now for some links! We will start by cross-referring to the next section.

Here is a simple ptr to it: .

Here is a simple ref, a reference to it.

An external link as ref and as ptr: .

Here is a figure

Here is another figure

The Banana Picture

Some lists

Various sorts of list are legal within paragraphs... Dogs Zebras Birds Cats

first item second item third item

The preceding lists was between paragraphs.

This untyped list has a heading and a nested glosslist first item first item second item third item third item

And here's a little something we know you're going to enjoy: Mortality figures from Defoe St. Leonard's, Shoreditch 64 84 119 St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate 65 105 116 St. Giles's, Cripplegate 213 421 554

Some more literary examples Opinion governs all mankind, Like the blind leading of the blind: And like the world, men's jobbernoles Turn round upon their ears the poles, And what they're confidently told By no sense else can be control'd.

And now for something dramatic...

Enter Boteswaine. Botes.

Downe with the top-Mast: yare, lower, lower, bring her to Try with Maine-course. A plague - A cry within. Enter Sebastian, Anthonio & Gonzalo. vpon this howling: they are lowder then the weather, or our office: yet againe? What do you heere? Shal we giue ore and drowne, haue you a minde to sinke?

 Sebas.

Poxe o'your throat, you bawling, blasphemous incharitable Dog.

Botes.

Worke you then.

 Anth.

Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art.

 Gonz.

I'le warrant him for drowning, though the Ship were no stronger then a Nutt-shell, and as leaky as an vnstanched wench.

 Botes.

Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses off to Sea againe, lay her off.

 Enter Mariners wet. Mari.

All lost, to prayers, to prayers, all lost.

 Botes.

What must our mouths be cold?

 Gonz.

The King, and Prince, at prayers, let's assist them, for our case is as theirs.

 Sebas.

I'am out of patience.