| <writingSystemDeclaration> |
declares the coded character set, transliteration scheme, or
entity set used to transcribe a given writing system of a given
language. |
| Attributes |
(In addition to global attributes)
| name |
gives a formal name for the writing system declaration |
|
Datatype: CDATA |
|
Values: any string of characters |
|
Default: #REQUIRED |
| date |
gives the date on which the writing system declaration was last
revised. |
|
Datatype: %ISO-date; |
|
Values: A date in valid ISO format. |
|
Default: #REQUIRED |
|
| Example |
<writingSystemDeclaration id="ENG" lang="eng"
name="-//TEI P2: 1993//WSD Modern English//en"
date="1993-05-25">
<language>Modern English</language>
<direction lines="TB" chars="LR"/>
<base name="ANSI X3.4" authority="national"/>
<exceptions></exceptions>
</writingSystemDeclaration>
|
| Module |
Declared in file teiwsd2; Auxiliary tag set for Writing System Declarations |
| Data Description |
May contain only a prescribed series of sub-elements. |
| May contain |
characters direction language note script |
| May occur within |
|
| Declaration |
<!ELEMENT writingSystemDeclaration %om.RR; (language, script,
direction*, characters, note*)>
<!ATTLIST writingSystemDeclaration
%a.global;
name CDATA #REQUIRED
date %ISO-date; #REQUIRED>
|
| See further |
25.1 Overall Structure of Writing System Declaration |
