| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # global

`global` | defines a set of attributes available to all components of the writing system declaration.
Member of classes | (none)
Members |
Declaration |
    <!ENTITY % a.global '
          id ID #IMPLIED
          lang CDATA %INHERITED;'>
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes)
`id` | gives a unique identifier for the element.
| Datatype: ID
| Values: any valid identifier.
| Default: #IMPLIED
`lang` | (language) gives the language in which the content of the element is written.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Should be a language code from ISO 639.
| Default: %INHERITED;
Note | This attribute functions like the global attribute of the same name in the main TEI DTD; for technical reasons it is declared differently.

Module Declared in file teiwsd2; Auxiliary tag set for Writing System Declarations
See further 25.1 Overall Structure of Writing System Declaration

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