<channel>

<channel> (主要途徑) 描述文本傳達的媒介或途徑。書面文本的途徑可能是印製、手稿、寫本、電子郵件等；口說文本則有廣播、電話、面對面交談等。 [15.2.1 The Text Description]
組件 corpus — Language Corpora
屬性
mode⚓︎ 說明該途徑為口說或書面模式。
狀態 非必備的
資料類型 teidata.enumerated
合法的值是:
s
(spoken)
w
(written)
sw
(spoken to be written) 為寫而說 (例如聽寫) 　
ws
(written to be spoken) 為說而寫 (例如稿子) 　
m
(mixed)
x
(unknown or inapplicable) [預設值]
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model.textDescPart
可包含在於
corpus: textDesc
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num pb ptr q ref rs soCalled term time title unit
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic
header: idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident listRef tag val
textcrit: app witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw listTranspose metamark space subst substJoin
character data
例子
<channel mode="s">面對面交談</channel>
Content model 
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
宣告 
<rng:element name="channel">
 <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:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="mode" a:defaultValue="x">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>s</rng:value>
    <rng:value>w</rng:value>
    <rng:value>sw</rng:value>
    <rng:value>ws</rng:value>
    <rng:value>m</rng:value>
    <rng:value>x</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element channel
{
   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,
   attribute mode { "s" | "w" | "sw" | "ws" | "m" | "x" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}