<channel>

<channel> (主要途徑) 描述文本傳達的媒介或途徑。書面文本的途徑可能是印製、手稿、寫本、電子郵件等；口說文本則有廣播、電話、面對面交談等。 15.2.1 The Text Description
組件corpus — 15 Language Corpora
屬性
mode說明該途徑為口說或書面模式。
狀態 非必備的
合法的值是:
s
(spoken)
w
(written)
sw
(spoken to be written) 為寫而說 (例如聽寫) 　
ws
(written to be spoken) 為說而寫 (例如稿子) 　
m
(mixed)
x
(unknown or inapplicable) [預設值]
屬於
model.textDescPart
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num pb ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
dictionaries: lang
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift space subst
宣告

<rng:element name="channel">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="mode" a:defaultValue="x">
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:value>s</rng:value>
   <rng:value>w</rng:value>
   <rng:value>sw</rng:value>
   <rng:value>ws</rng:value>
   <rng:value>m</rng:value>
   <rng:value>x</rng:value>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element channel
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute mode { "s" | "w" | "sw" | "ws" | "m" | "x" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
例子
<channel mode="s">face-to-face conversation</channel>