<layoutDesc>

<layoutDesc> 收集一組適當的手稿外觀編排描述。 [10.7.2 Writing, Decoration, and Other Notations]
組件msdescription — Manuscript Description
屬性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))
可包含在於
msdescription: objectDesc
可包含
core: p
linking: ab
msdescription: layout summary
宣告

<rng:element name="layoutDesc">
 <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:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="summary"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="layout"/>
   </rng:oneOrMore>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element layoutDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   ( model.pLike+ | ( summary?, layout+ ) )
}
例子
<layoutDesc>
 <p>每頁14行，每行40到43字不等；有 註文小字雙行，字數不等。</p>
</layoutDesc>
例子
<layoutDesc>
 <layout columns="2" ruledLines="42">
  <p>
   <locus from="f12r" to="f15v"/> 兩欄共42行以墨水圈選、標誌，欄間有直線分隔。</p>
 </layout>
 <layout columns="3">
  <p>
   <locus from="f16"/>Prickings for three columns are visible.</p>
 </layout>
</layoutDesc>