<sourceDesc>

<sourceDesc> (원전 기술) 전자 파일을 생성하거나 도출한 원전 텍스트에 대한 기술을 제시한다. [2.2.7 The Source Description]
모듈header — 2 The TEI Header
속성att.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)) att.declarable (@default)
에 의해 사용된
에 의해 포함된
header: biblFull fileDesc
포함할 수 있다
core: bibl biblStruct list listBibl p
figures: table
header: biblFull
linking: ab
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: listEvent listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation relationGrp
spoken: recordingStmt scriptStmt
textcrit: listWit
선언

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 <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="att.declarable.attributes"/>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.biblLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.sourceDescPart"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.listLike"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element sourceDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.declarable.attributes,
   (
      model.pLike+
    | ( model.biblLike | model.sourceDescPart | model.listLike )+
   )
}
예
<sourceDesc>
 <bibl>
  <title level="a">The Interesting story of the Children in the Wood</title>. In
 <author>Victor E Neuberg</author>, <title>The Penny Histories</title>.
 <publisher>OUP</publisher>
  <date>1968</date>. </bibl>
</sourceDesc>
예
<sourceDesc>
 <p>Born digital: no previous source exists.</p>
</sourceDesc>