<constitution>

<constitution> 描述文本或文本樣本的內部結構，例如零碎的或完整的結構。 [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))
type說明文本構成方式。
狀態 非必備的
資料類型 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
合法的值是:
single
單一完整的文本 [預設值]
composite
文本由許多小項目所組成，每個個別項目都是完整的
frags
(fragments) 文本由許多小項目所組成，每個項目不一定完整
unknown
文本結構未知或未加以說明
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="constitution">
 <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="type" a:defaultValue="single">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>single</rng:value>
    <rng:value>composite</rng:value>
    <rng:value>frags</rng:value>
    <rng:value>unknown</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element constitution
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   attribute type { "single" | "composite" | "frags" | "unknown" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
例子
<constitution type="frags">只有開場白</constitution>