<witness>

<witness> (witness) 包含學術編輯註解中所指的單一版本描述,或由一個印記所參照的版本列表。 [12.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and Witnesses]
組件textcrit — Critical Apparatus
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)) (att.global.source (@source)) att.sortable (@sortKey)
可包含在於
textcrit: listWit
可包含

The content of the witness element may give bibliographic information about the witness or witness group, or it may be empty.

例子
<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>
Content model
<content>
 <alternate minOccurs="0"
  maxOccurs="unbounded">

  <textNode/>
  <classRef key="model.limitedPhrase"/>
  <classRef key="model.inter"/>
  <elementRef key="note"/>
  <elementRef key="object"/>
 </alternate>
</content>
宣告
<rng:element name="witness">
 <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:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.sortable.attributes"/>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:text/>
   <rng:ref name="model.limitedPhrase"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.inter"/>
   <rng:ref name="note"/>
   <rng:ref name="object"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element witness
{
   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,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.sortable.attributes,
   ( text | model.limitedPhrase | model.inter | note | object )*
}