<msDesc>

<msDesc> (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object such as an early printed book. [10.1 Overview]
Module msdescription — Manuscript Description
Attributes
Member of
model.biblLike
Contained by
core: add cit corr del desc emph head hi item l listBibl meeting note orig p q quote ref reg relatedItem said sic stage textLang 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
May contain
core: head p
linking: ab
msdescription: additional history msContents msFrag msIdentifier msPart physDesc
Note

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.
Example
<msDesc>
 <msIdentifier>
  <settlement>Oxford</settlement>
  <repository>Bodleian Library</repository>
  <idno type="Bod">MS Poet. Rawl. D. 169.</idno>
 </msIdentifier>
 <msContents>
  <msItem>
   <author>Geoffrey Chaucer</author>
   <title>The Canterbury Tales</title>
  </msItem>
 </msContents>
 <physDesc>
  <objectDesc>
   <p>A parchment codex of 136 folios, measuring approx
       28 by 19 inches, and containing 24 quires.</p>
   <p>The pages are margined and ruled throughout.</p>
   <p>Four hands have been identified in the manuscript: the first 44
       folios being written in two cursive anglicana scripts, while the
       remainder is for the most part in a mixed secretary hand.</p>
  </objectDesc>
 </physDesc>
</msDesc>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:msContents|tei:physDesc|tei:history|tei:additional">

<!-- Note: This rule applies to <msContents>, <physDesc>, <history>, and <additional> wherever they occur. Luckily they are only allowed in places where they are constrained to 0 or 1 occurence. If that changes someday, this constraint may will likely need to be updated, too. -->

<!-- Also worth noting that a) if &amp; when we can use abstract patterns, this would be better handled as a single abstract rule somewhere, and concrete rules in the individual <elementSpec>s; and b) I did not test for the existence of "../*[name(.) eq $gi][2]" because then an error would be generated for each of the multiple occurences of $gi. -->
<sch:let name="gi" value="name(.)"/>
<sch:report test="preceding-sibling::*[ name(.) eq $gi ] and not( following-sibling::*[ name(.) eq $gi ] )"> Only one <sch:name/> is allowed as a child of <sch:value-of select="name(..)"/>.
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Content model 
<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="msIdentifier"/>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate>
   <classRef key="model.pLike"
    minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
   <alternate minOccurs="0"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <elementRef key="msContents"/>
    <elementRef key="physDesc"/>
    <elementRef key="history"/>
    <elementRef key="additional"/>
    <elementRef key="msPart"/>
    <elementRef key="msFrag"/>
   </alternate>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="msDesc">
 <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: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:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:ref name="msContents"/>
     <rng:ref name="physDesc"/>
     <rng:ref name="history"/>
     <rng:ref name="additional"/>
     <rng:ref name="msPart"/>
     <rng:ref name="msFrag"/>
    </rng:choice>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element msDesc
{
   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 )*
      )
   )
}