<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att.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))
mode說明該途徑為口說或書面模式。
狀態 非必備的
資料類型 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
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
可包含在於
corpus: textDesc
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num pb ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic
header: idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location nameLink offset orgName persName placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw listTranspose metamark space subst substJoin
宣告

<rng:element name="channel">
 <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: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,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   attribute mode { "s" | "w" | "sw" | "ws" | "m" | "x" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
例子
<channel mode="s">面對面交談</channel>