<span>

<span> associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text. 17.3 Spans and Interpretations
Moduleanalysis — 17 Simple Analytic Mechanisms
Attributes att.interpLike (@resp, @type, @inst)
fromspecifies the beginning of the passage being annotated; if not accompanied by a to attribute, then specifies the entire passage.
Status Required
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Values The identifier of the element which occurs at the beginning of the passage.
tospecifies the end of the passage being annotated.
Status Optional
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Values The identifier of the element which occurs at the end of the passage.
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="span">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.interpLike.attributes"/>
<rng:attribute name="from">
 <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
</rng:attribute>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="to">
  <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element span
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.interpLike.attributes,
   attribute from { data.pointer },
   attribute to { data.pointer }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<p xml:id="para2">(The "aftermath" starts here)</p>
<p xml:id="para3">(The "aftermath" continues here)</p>
<p xml:id="para4">(The "aftermath" ends in this paragraph)</p>
<!-- ... -->
<span type="structurefrom="#para2to="#para4">aftermath</span>