Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<textDesc>

<textDesc> (text description) provides a description of a text in terms of its situational parameters.
Attributes Global attributes and those inherited from declarable
Example 
<textDesc id="t1" n="Informal domestic conversation">
   <channel mode="s">  </channel>
   <constitution type="single">  </constitution>
   <derivation type="original">  </derivation>
   <domain type="domestic">  </domain>
   <factuality type="mixed">  </factuality>
   <interaction type="complete" active="plural" passive="many">  </interaction>
   <preparedness type="spontaneous">  </preparedness>
   <purpose type="entertain" degree="high">  </purpose>
   <purpose type="inform" degree="medium"/>
</textDesc>
Module Declared in file teicorp2; Additional tag set for language corpora: enabled by TEI.corpus
Class declarable
May contain channel constitution derivation domain factuality interaction preparedness purpose
May occur within catDesc profileDesc
Declaration 
<!ELEMENT textDesc %om.RO;  ( channel, constitution, derivation,
                     domain, factuality, interaction,
                     preparedness, purpose+ ) > 
<!ATTLIST textDesc  
      %a.global;
      %a.declarable;>
See further 23.2.1 The Text Description

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