<profileDesc>

<profileDesc> (文件背景描述) 提供文件非書目性方面的細節描述，特別是所使用的語言及次要語言、在何種情況下製作、參與人員及其環境背景。 [2.4 The Profile Description 2.1.1 The TEI Header and Its Components]
組件header — The TEI Header
屬性att.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))
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model.teiHeaderPart
可包含在於
header: teiHeader
可包含
corpus: particDesc settingDesc textDesc
header: abstract calendarDesc correspDesc creation langUsage textClass
transcr: handNotes listTranspose
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<rng:element name="profileDesc">
 <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:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.profileDescPart"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element profileDesc
{
   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,
   ( model.profileDescPart* )
}
例子
<profileDesc>
 <langUsage>
  <language ident="fr">法文</language>
 </langUsage>
 <textDesc n="novel">
  <channel mode="w">出版品；專題輯</channel>
  <constitution type="single"/>
  <derivation type="original"/>
  <domain type="art"/>
  <factuality type="fiction"/>
  <interaction type="none"/>
  <preparedness type="prepared"/>
  <purpose type="entertain" degree="high"/>
  <purpose type="inform" degree="medium"/>
 </textDesc>
 <settingDesc>
  <setting>
   <name>法國巴黎</name>
   <time>19世紀晚期</time>
  </setting>
 </settingDesc>
</profileDesc>