<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
可包含在於
corpus: textDesc
可包含
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>