<role>

<role> the name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list. [7.1.4 Cast Lists]
Moduledrama — 7 Performance Texts
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change))
Used by
Contained by
drama: castItem
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="role">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element role
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<role xml:id="jt">Joan Trash</role>
<roleDesc>A Ginger-bread-woman</roleDesc>
Note
It is important to assign a meaningful ID attribute to the role element, since this ID is referred to by who attributes on many other elements.