<profileDesc>

<profileDesc> (descrizione del profilo del testo) fornisce una descrizione dettagliata degli aspetti non bibliografici di un testo, in modo particolare le lingue e i linguaggi secondari utilizzati, la situazione in cui è stato prodotto il testo, i partecipanti e la relativa ambientazione [2.4 The Profile Description 2.1.1 The TEI Header and Its Components]
Modulo header — The TEI Header
Attributi 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))
Membro del
model.teiHeaderPart
Contenuto in
header: biblFull teiHeader
Può contenere
corpus: particDesc settingDesc textDesc
header: abstract calendarDesc correspDesc creation langUsage textClass
transcr: handNotes listTranspose
Nota

Although the content model permits it, it is rarely meaningful to supply multiple occurrences for any of the child elements of profileDesc unless these are documenting multiple texts.
Esempio
<profileDesc>
 <langUsage>
  <language ident="fr">French</language>
 </langUsage>
 <textDesc n="novel">
  <channel mode="w">print; part issues</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>Paris, France</name>
   <time>Late 19th century</time>
  </setting>
 </settingDesc>
</profileDesc>
Content model 
<content>
 <classRef key="model.profileDescPart"
  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</content>
Dichiarazione 
<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:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="model.profileDescPart"/>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</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,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   model.profileDescPart*
}