<witness>

<witness> contains either a description of a single witness referred to within the critical apparatus, or a list of witnesses which is to be referred to by a single sigil. [12.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and Witnesses]
Moduletextcrit — Critical Apparatus
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)
Member of
Contained by
textcrit: listWit
May contain
core: abbr address bibl biblStruct choice cit date desc distinct email emph expan foreign gloss hi label list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned name num ptr q quote ref rs said soCalled stage term time title
dictionaries: lang
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: table
header: biblFull idno
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace location nameLink offset orgName persName placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
tagdocs: att classSpec code eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec specGrp specGrpRef tag val
textcrit: listApp listWit
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: am ex subst
Declaration

<rng:element name="witness">
 <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:ref name="macro.limitedContent"/>
</rng:element>
element witness
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.sortable.attributes,
   macro.limitedContent
}
Example
<listWit>
 <witness xml:id="EL">Ellesmere, Huntingdon Library 26.C.9</witness>
 <witness xml:id="HG">Hengwrt, National Library of Wales,
   Aberystwyth, Peniarth 392D</witness>
 <witness xml:id="RA2">Bodleian Library Rawlinson Poetic 149
   (see further <ptr
    target="http://www.examples.com/MSdescs#MSRP149"/>)</witness>
</listWit>
Note

The content of the witness element may give bibliographic information about the witness or witness group, or it may be empty.