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— A baseline encoding for lexicographic data

12.1.70. <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]
Moduledictionaries — Specification
Attributes
typeclassifies the label using any convenient typology.
Derived fromatt.typed
StatusOptional
Datatypeteidata.enumerated
Member of
Contained by
core: cit
May contain
analysis: c pc
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure
gaiji: g
linking: seg
transcr: metamark
character data
Note

Labels specifically relating to usage should be tagged with the special-purpose <usg> element rather than with the generic<lbl> 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>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.lexParaContent"/>
</content>
    
Schema Declaration

element lbl
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.lexicographic.attributes,
   att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type { text }?,
   macro.lexParaContent
}