<setting>

<setting> descrive la particolare ambientazione di una interazione linguistica. [15.2.3 The Setting Description]
Modulo corpus — Language Corpora
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)) att.ascribed (@who)
Contenuto in
corpus: settingDesc
Può contenere
core: date name p time
corpus: activity locale
linking: ab
namesdates: orgName persName placeName
Nota

If the who attribute is not supplied, the setting is assumed to be that of all participants in the language interaction.
Esempio
<setting>
 <placeName>New York City, US</placeName>
 <date>1989</date>
 <locale>on a park bench</locale>
 <activity>feeding birds</activity>
</setting>
Content model 
<content>
 <alternate>
  <classRef key="model.pLike" minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.nameLike.agent"/>
   <classRef key="model.dateLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.settingPart"/>
  </alternate>
 </alternate>
</content>
Dichiarazione 
<rng:element name="setting">
 <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.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.nameLike.agent"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.dateLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.settingPart"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element setting
{
   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.ascribed.attributes,
   (
      model.pLike+
    | ( model.nameLike.agent | model.dateLike | model.settingPart )*
   )
}