<constitution>

<constitution> (constitution) describes the internal composition of a text or text sample, for example as fragmentary, complete, etc. [16.2.1 The Text Description]
Module corpus — Language Corpora
Attributes
type⚓︎ specifies how the text was constituted.
Derived from att.typed
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Legal values are:
single
a single complete text [Default]
composite
a text made by combining several smaller items, each individually complete
frags
(fragments) a text made by combining several smaller, not necessarily complete, items
unknown
composition unknown or unspecified
Member of
model.textDescPart
Contained by
corpus: textDesc
May contain
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
Note

The function of this element seems to overlap with both the org attribute on div and the samplingDecl in the encodingDesc.
Example
<constitution type="frags">Prologues only.</constitution>
Content model 
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="constitution">
 <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.typed.attribute.subtype"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type"
   a:defaultValue="single">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>single</rng:value>
    <rng:value>composite</rng:value>
    <rng:value>frags</rng:value>
    <rng:value>unknown</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element constitution
{
   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.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type { "single" | "composite" | "frags" | "unknown" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}