Tag Glossary

Orlando's content is structured by the unique XML tagset described in the Introduction and visualized in the Tag Diagrams. To assist in understanding Search result facets and Tag Search, this Glossary provides definitions for tags and attributes (descriptors associated with tags). Some attributes have set values. These are often explained within definitions of attributes. Other attribute values, such as genre names, are defined within the ontologies of the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory, which hosts Orlando’s production environment. Searches on this page retrieve tags, attributes, and definitions, but not necessarily attribute values.

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Birth

Machine name
BIRTH

 

Birth is one of the 16 major BIOGRAPHY elements defined as integral to mapping a woman's life. It captures information concerning the date, place, birth position and context of a person's birth where known. This mandatory element is usually the second Div1 content element in a BIOGRAPHY section (after PERSONNAME). It will almost always include a chronstruct for date of birth, and has one sub-element, BIRTHPOSITION, for capturing position in family (attributes Eldest, Youngest, Only), or more general description.