I cannot see the problem or why we should adress it here. <note> is a typical and well established TEI-Tag with a clear semantic, described in TEI-P4, chapter 6.8.1. I quote a portion of the definition: A note is any additional comment found in a text, marked in some way as being out of the main textual stream. All notes should be marked using the same tag, <note>, whether they appear as block notes in the main text area, at the foot of the page, at the end of the chapter or volume, in the margin, or in some other place. I don't like the TEI-Concept of <note>. I even less like the TEI-Concept of <app> (Apparatus). But the point is: there are no special types of notes (or apparatus) in the edition of charters. We should stick to the TEI-Tag <note> (and <app>) as long as there is no particular need for a new element, which can only be based on special needs for the encoding of charters or the edition of charters. cheers, patrick ___________________________________________________________________ Universität zu Köln Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 Koeln http://www.hki.uni-koeln.de/ Privat: Häuschensweg 2a 50827 Köln 0049 - (0)221 - 2805695 Sahle@uni-koeln.de http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ahz26/