Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<desc>


<desc> (description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for an element, attribute, or attribute value.
Attributes Global attributes only
Example
<desc>contains a brief description of the purpose and application for
an element, attribute, attribute value, class, or entity.</desc>
Module Declared in file teitsd2; Auxiliary DTD for Tag Set documentation
Data Description TEI convention requires that this be expressed as a finite clause, begining with an active verb.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add address att bibl biblFull biblStruct cb cit corr date dateRange del distinct emph expan foreign gap gi gloss hi index label lb list listBibl measure mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs sic soCalled stage tag term time timeRange title unclear val
May occur within
Declaration
<!ELEMENT desc %om.RO; %paraContent;> 
<!ATTLIST desc  
      %a.global;>
See further 27.1 The TagDoc Documentation Element; 27.1.1 The AttList Documentation Element; 27.2 Element Classes; 27.3 Entity Documentation

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