Hello, I'd just like to put in another vote for <caesura/>. In our extremely slow-going on-going edition of the Khaḍgaśataka, we've been using caesuras like so: <lg>     <l> kalpātikrūrakālabhrukuṭikuṭilatākalpakalpāgramuṣṭiḥ <caesura/> krudhyatkālīkaṭākṣāṅkita iva kalayan kāntim ekāntakālīm |   </l>   <l> krīḍaty asyākrameṇa krakacakṛtikṛtī kumbhikumbhāgrakūṭa<caesura/>kroḍeṣūtkṛttakaṇṭhotthitarudhirakaṇākīrṇakoṇaḥ kṛpāṇaḥ || 1 ||   </l> </lg> As you can see, we put some sort of space before/after the caesura if it coincides with a word-break. It ends up being rendered like this: kalpātikrūrakālabhrukuṭikuṭilatākalpakalpāgramuṣṭiḥ krudhyatkālīkaṭākṣāṅkita iva kalayan kāntim ekāntakālīm | krīḍaty asyākrameṇa krakacakṛtikṛtī kumbhikumbhāgrakūṭa- kroḍeṣūtkṛttakaṇṭhotthitarudhirakaṇākīrṇakoṇaḥ kṛpāṇaḥ || 1 || ...with a hyphen automagically inserted when the caesura is within a word. Here's the XSLT code we use for that: <xsl:template match="caesura">   <xsl:variable name="pretext" select="preceding::text()[1]"/>   <xsl:if test="normalize-space(substring($pretext,string-length($pretext))) != ''">     <span class="hyphen">-</span>   </xsl:if>   <xsl:element name="br"></xsl:element> </xsl:template> It looks for some kind of space character (including tabs, line breaks, etc.) preceding the caesura and hyphenates accordingly. The hyphen is wrapped in a <span> element so that it can be styled or disappeared as desired. You could also use a soft hyphen instead of a hard hyphen. With regards to there being no @type attribute for caesura -- maybe you should just go ahead and use it anyway, and wait for the TEI standard to catch up? I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be there... Have a great day, Charles