I've adopted to use the element, which 'defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment.
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-ref.html
The @target attribute provides the URL, while the text within the element proves the text that provides the hyperlink.
<ref target="https://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/2-henry-v/116">https://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/2-henry-v/116</ref>
I've adopted to use the element, which 'defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment.
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-ref.html
The @target attribute provides the URL, while the text within the element proves the text that provides the hyperlink.
<ref target="https://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/2-henry-v/116">https://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/2-henry-v/116</ref>