<witness>

<witness> 校勘資料で参照されている文献ひとつの情報，またはひとつの印が参照して いる文献のリストを示す． [12.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and Witnesses]
モジュールtextcrit — Critical Apparatus
属性att.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)
上位
textcrit: listWit
下位
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 constraintSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec specGrp specGrpRef tag val
textcrit: listApp listWit
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: am ex subst
宣言

<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
}
例
<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>
解説

要素witnessの内容は，当該文献や文献グループの書誌情報を示 すかもしれない．または，空かもしれない．