| <num> (number) contains a number, written in any form. [3.6.3. Numbers and Measures] |
| Module | core — Specification |
| Attributes | | value | supplies the value of the number in standard form.| Status | Optional | | Datatype | teidata.numeric | | Values | a numeric value. | | Note | The standard form used is defined by the TEI datatype teidata.numeric. |
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| May contain | Character data only |
| Note | Detailed analyses of quantities and units of measure in historical documents may also use the feature structure mechanism described in chapter 19. Feature Structures. The <num> element is intended for use in simple applications. |
| Example | <p>I reached <num type="cardinal" value="21">twenty-one</num> on
my <num type="ordinal" value="21">twenty-first</num> birthday</p>
<p>Light travels at <num value="3E10">3×10<hi rend="sup">10</hi>
</num> cm per second.</p>
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| Content model |
<content>
<textNode/>
</content>
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| Schema Declaration |
element num { attribute value { text }?, text }⚓
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