Validation Information:
[table border="1" colwidth="115"]
Rules, Values
Contained by:,<body>|<div>|<metamark>
May contain:,<add>|<anchor/>|<choice>|<date>|<del>|<delSpan/>|<floatingText>|<lg>|<metamark>|<name>|<note>|<num>|<pb/>|<restore>|<seg>|<sic>|<stamp>|<unclear>
Attributes:,none [/table]
What is it?
Strictly speaking, the <p> tag is only used to mark paragraphs in prose. When transcribing manuscripts (not typescripts!), however, formatting and hierarchical issues oblige us to use it to open and close every <div type="page"> as well. A typical manuscript page will therefore be transcribed as follows:
[xml]
<div type="page" rend="recto" n="01r">
<pb n="01r"/>
<p>
<seg>…</seg>
<seg>…</seg>
<seg>…</seg>
<seg>…</seg>
</p>
</div>[/xml]
If the first two sentences (<seg>) of that page are separated from the second two sentences by means of a paragraph break, the page is transcribed as follows:
[xml]
<div type="page" rend="recto" n="01r">
<pb n="01r"/>
<p>
<seg>…</seg>
<seg>…</seg>
</p>
<p>
<seg>…</seg>
<seg>…</seg>
</p>
</div>[/xml]