<fileDesc>

<fileDesc> (descrizione del file) contiene una descrizione bibliografica completa di un file elettronico. [2.2 The File Description 2.1.1 The TEI Header and Its Components]
Moduloheader — The TEI Header
Attributiatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp))
Contenuto in
header: teiHeader
Può contenere
header: editionStmt extent notesStmt publicationStmt seriesStmt sourceDesc titleStmt
Dichiarazione

<rng:element name="fileDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:ref name="titleStmt"/>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="editionStmt"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="extent"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="publicationStmt"/>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="seriesStmt"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="notesStmt"/>
   </rng:optional>
  </rng:group>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="sourceDesc"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element fileDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   (
      (
         titleStmt,
         editionStmt?,
         extent?,
         publicationStmt,
         seriesStmt?,
         notesStmt?
      ),
      sourceDesc+
   )
}
Esempio
<fileDesc>
 <titleStmt>
  <title>The shortest possible TEI document</title>
 </titleStmt>
 <publicationStmt>
  <p>Distributed as part of TEI P5</p>
 </publicationStmt>
 <sourceDesc>
  <p>No print source exists: this is an original digital text</p>
 </sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>