<TEI>

<TEI> (TEI document) contains a single TEI-conformant document, comprising a TEI header and a text, either in isolation or as part of a teiCorpus element. [4 Default Text Structure 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text]
Moduletextstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change))
versionspecifies the major version number of the TEI Guidelines against which this document is valid.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.version"/>
data.version
Note
The major version number is historically prefixed by a P (for Proposal), and is distinct from the version number used for individual releases of the Guidelines, as used by (for example) the source of the schemaSpec element. The current version is P5.
Used by
Contained by
core: teiCorpus
May contain
header: teiHeader
iso-fs: fsdDecl
textstructure: text
transcr: facsimile sourceDoc
Declaration

<rng:element name="TEI">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="version">
   <rng:ref name="data.version"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:ref name="teiHeader"/>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.resourceLike"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="text"/>
    </rng:optional>
   </rng:group>
   <rng:ref name="text"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element TEI
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   attribute version { data.version }?,
   ( teiHeader, ( ( model.resourceLike+, text? ) | text ) )
}
Schematron

<s:ns prefix="tei" uri="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"/>
Schematron

<s:ns prefix="rng" uri="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"/>
Example
<TEI version="5.0" xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 <teiHeader>
  <fileDesc>
   <titleStmt>
    <title>The shortest TEI Document Imaginable</title>
   </titleStmt>
   <publicationStmt>
    <p>First published as part of TEI P2, this is the P5
         version using a name space.</p>
   </publicationStmt>
   <sourceDesc>
    <p>No source: this is an original work.</p>
   </sourceDesc>
  </fileDesc>
 </teiHeader>
 <text>
  <body>
   <p>This is about the shortest TEI document imaginable.</p>
  </body>
 </text>
</TEI>
Note
This element is required.