<setting>

<setting> 描述語言互動發生的一個特定背景。 [15.2.3 The Setting Description]
組件 corpus — Language Corpora
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.ascribed (@who)
可包含在於
corpus: settingDesc
可包含
core: date name p time
corpus: activity locale
linking: ab
namesdates: orgName persName placeName
註

If the who attribute is not supplied, the setting is assumed to be that of all participants in the language interaction.
例子
<setting>
 <name>台灣，台北</name>
 <date>1970</date>
 <locale>-新公園的長凳上</locale>
 <activity>躺臥</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>
宣告 
<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 )*
   )
}