<witness>

<witness> (witness) può contenere la descrizione di un unico testimone indicato nell'apparato critico, oppure una lista di testimoni indicata da un'unica sigla [12.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and Witnesses]
Modulo textcrit — Critical Apparatus
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.sortable (@sortKey)
Contenuto in
textcrit: listWit
Può contenere
core: abbr address bibl biblStruct choice cit date desc distinct email emph expan foreign gloss hi label list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned name note num ptr q quote ref rs said soCalled stage term time title unit
dictionaries: lang
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: table
header: biblFull idno
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location nameLink object objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
tagdocs: att classSpec code constraintSpec dataSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec outputRendition specGrp specGrpRef tag val
textcrit: listApp listWit
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: am ex subst
caratteri di testo
Nota

The content of the witness element may give bibliographic information about the witness or witness group, or it may be empty.
Esempio
<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>
Dichiarazione 
<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 )*
}