<namespace>

<namespace> supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its children belong. [2.3.4 The Tagging Declaration]
Moduleheader — The TEI Header
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))
namespecifies the full formal name of the namespace concerned.
Status Required
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.namespace"/>
data.namespace
Contained by
header: tagsDecl
May contain
header: tagUsage
Declaration

<rng:element name="namespace">
 <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:attribute name="name">
  <rng:ref name="data.namespace"/>
 </rng:attribute>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="tagUsage"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element namespace
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   attribute name { data.namespace },
   tagUsage+
}
Example
<namespace name="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 <tagUsage gi="hi" occurs="28" withId="2"
  render="#it"> Used only to mark English words
   italicized in the copy text </tagUsage>
</namespace>