PROFILEDESC

   (i.e. text-profile description)
  Description:  provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic
        aspects of a text, specifically the languages and sublanguages
        used, the situation in which it was produced, the participants and
        their setting.
  Attributes:  [None:  global and inherited attributes only.]
  Example:
             <profileDesc>
               <langUsage><language wsd=FR>French
               <textDesc n=novel>
                 <channel mode=w>print; part issues
                 <constitution type=single>
                 <derivation type=original>
                 <domain type=art><factuality type=fiction>
                 <interaction type=none>
                 <preparedness type=prepared>
                 <purposes><purpose type=entertain degree=high>
                           <purpose type=inform degree=medium>
                 </purposes>
               </textDesc>
               <settingDesc>
                 <setting><place>Paris, France
                          <time>Late 19th century
                 </setting>
               </settingDesc>
             </profileDesc>
  Part:  auxiliary tag set for TEI headers
  Member of classes:
  DTD file:  teihdr2
  Data description:
  May occur within:  teiHeader
  May contain:  creation handList langUsage particDesc settingDesc
        textClass textDesc
  Declaration:
       <!ELEMENT profileDesc   - -  (creation?, langUsage*, textDesc*,
                                    particDesc*, settingDesc*,
                                    handList*, textClass*)             >
       <!ATTLIST profileDesc        %a.global                          >
  Discussed in 5.4, "The Profile Description," on page 9.
  Discussed in 5.1.1, "The TEI Header and Its Components," on page 7.
  This tag is recommended.

Content

• creation
• langusage
• textclass

Tag Minimization

Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: REQUIRED

Parent Elements

• teiheader