<personGrp>

<personGrp> (personal group) describes a group of individuals treated as a single person for analytic purposes. [15.2.2 The Participant Description]
Modulenamesdates — Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @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.sortable (@sortKey)
rolespecifies the role of this group of participants in the interaction.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Values the value should be chosen from a set of user-defined and user-documented keywords declared in the customization file
sexspecifies the sex of the participant group.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of 

<rng:ref name="data.sex"/>
data.sex
separated by whitespace
Note

Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, or may refer to an external standard, such as vCard's sex property http://microformats.org/wiki/gender-formats (in which M indicates male, F female, O other, N none or not applicable, U unknown), or the often used ISO 5218:2004 Representation of Human Sexes http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c036266_ISO_IEC_5218_2004(E_F).zip (in which 0 indicates unknown; 1 male; 2 female; and 9 not applicable, although the ISO standard is widely considered inadequate); cf. CETH's Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=lib-data-collection. For a mixed group, a value such as "mixed" may also be supplied.

agespecifies the age group of the participants.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Values the value should be chosen from a set of user-defined and user-documented keywords declared in the customization file
sizespecifies the size or approximate size of the group.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of 

<rng:ref name="data.word"/>
data.word
separated by whitespace
Values may contain a number and an indication of accuracy, e.g. approx 200
Member of
model.personLike
Contained by
corpus: particDesc
namesdates: listPerson org
May contain
core: bibl biblStruct listBibl p
header: biblFull idno
linking: ab
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: affiliation age birth death education event faith floruit langKnowledge listEvent nationality occupation persName residence sex socecStatus state trait
Declaration

<rng:element name="personGrp">
 <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.sortable.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="role">
   <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="sex">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.sex"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="age">
   <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="size">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.word"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.personPart"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element personGrp
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.sortable.attributes,
   attribute role { data.enumerated }?,
   attribute sex { list { data.sex+ } }?,
   attribute age { data.enumerated }?,
   attribute size { list { data.word+ } }?,
   ( model.pLike+ | model.personPart* )
}
Example
<personGrp
  xml:id="pg1"
  role="audience"
  sex="mixed"
  size="approx 50"/>
Note

May contain a prose description organized as paragraphs, or any sequence of demographic elements in any combination.

The global xml:id attribute should be used to identify each speaking participant in a spoken text if the who attribute is specified on individual utterances.