att.global.linking defines a set of attributes for hypertext and other linking,
which are enabled for all elements when the additional tag set for
linking is selected. [16 Linking, Segmentation, and Alignment]
<p> In order to meet your instructions more fully on that subject, I directed <persName corresp="personography.xml#pemberton_jd">Mr Surveyor Pemberton</persName> to draw up a report describing in a general manner the existing arrangements for the sale of land on <placeName corresp="placeography.xml#vancouver_island">Vancouver's Island</placeName>, and the proposed arrangements for the sale of land in <placeName corresp="placeography.xml#british_columbia">British Columbia</placeName>. </p>
<group> <text xml:id="t1-g1-t1" xml:lang="mi"> <body xml:id="t1-g1-t1-body1"> <div type="chapter"> <head>He Whakamaramatanga mo te Ture Hoko, Riihi hoki, i nga Whenua Maori, 1876.</head> <p>…</p> </div> </body> </text> <text xml:id="t1-g1-t2" xml:lang="en"> <body xml:id="t1-g1-t2-body1" corresp="#t1-g1-t1-body1"> <div type="chapter"> <head>An Act to regulate the Sale, Letting, and Disposal of Native Lands, 1876.</head> <p>…</p> </div> </body> </text> </group>
In this example a group contains two texts, each containing the same document in a different language. The correspondance is indicated using <corresp>. The language is indicated using xml:lang, whose value is inherited; both the tag with the <corresp> and the tag pointed to by the <corresp> inhreit the value from their immediate parent.
selects one or more alternants; if one alternant is
selected, the ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as resolved. If
more than one alternant is selected, the degree of ambiguity or
uncertainty is marked as reduced by the number of alternants not
selected.