<msDesc>

<msDesc> 包含單一份可識別手稿的描述。 [10.1 Overview]
組件 msdescription — Manuscript Description
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) att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.declaring (@decls) att.docStatus (@status)
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model.biblLike
可包含在於
core: add cit corr del desc emph head hi item l listBibl meeting note orig p q quote ref reg relatedItem said sic stage title unclear
dictionaries: case colloc def dictScrap entry entryFree etym form gen gram gramGrp hom hyph iType lang lbl mood number orth per pos pron re sense stress subc syll tns usg xr
drama: camera caption castList epilogue performance prologue set sound tech view
figures: cell figDesc figure
header: change handNote licence rendition scriptNote sourceDesc tagUsage taxonomy
iso-fs: fDescr fsDescr
linking: ab seg standOff
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout msItem musicNotation origin provenance signatures source summary support surrogates typeNote
namesdates: climate event location object occupation org person personGrp persona place population state terrain trait
spoken: broadcast scriptStmt u writing
textcrit: lem rdg witness
textstructure: argument body div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition epigraph imprimatur postscript salute signed titlePart trailer
transcr: damage metamark mod restore retrace secl supplied surplus
verse: rhyme
可包含
core: head p
linking: ab
msdescription: additional history msContents msFrag msIdentifier msPart physDesc
註

Although the msDesc has primarily been designed with a view to encoding manuscript descriptions, it may also be used for other objects such as early printed books, fascicles, epigraphs, or any text-bearing objects that require substantial description. If an object is not text-bearing or the reasons for describing the object is not primarily the textual content, the more general object may be more suitable.
例子
<msDesc>
 <msIdentifier>
  <settlement>台北</settlement>
  <repository>CBETA</repository>
  <idno type="cbeta">Taisho Tripitaka Vol. T08, No. 230</idno>
 </msIdentifier>
 <msContents>
  <msItem>
   <author>唐玄奘</author>
   <title>大般若波羅蜜多經電子版本</title>
  </msItem>
 </msContents>
 <physDesc>
  <objectDesc>
   <p>總共有600卷</p>
   <p>亦收錄於高麗藏、嘉興藏、永樂北藏、永樂南藏、乾隆藏、佛教大藏經、中華藏...等。</p>
   <p>唯獨新纂卍續藏未收錄此經</p>
  </objectDesc>
 </physDesc>
</msDesc>
Content model 
<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="msIdentifier"/>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate>
   <classRef key="model.pLike"
    minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
   <sequence>
    <elementRef key="msContents"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="physDesc"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="history" minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="additional"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <alternate>
     <elementRef key="msPart" minOccurs="0"
      maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
     <elementRef key="msFrag" minOccurs="0"
      maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>
宣告 
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 <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:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.docStatus.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:ref name="msIdentifier"/>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.headLike"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
   </rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="msContents"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="physDesc"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="history"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="additional"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:zeroOrMore>
      <rng:ref name="msPart"/>
     </rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:zeroOrMore>
      <rng:ref name="msFrag"/>
     </rng:zeroOrMore>
    </rng:choice>
   </rng:group>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
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   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,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.docStatus.attributes,
   (
      msIdentifier,
      model.headLike*,
      (
         model.pLike+
       | (
            msContents?,
            physDesc?,
            history?,
            additional?,
            ( msPart* | msFrag* )
         )
      )
   )
}