## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <descrip>

`<descrip>` | (description) within a `<termEntry>` element, contains a definition, context or explanation used to explain or define the concept represented by a `<term>` or an `<otherForm>`.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from terminologyMisc)

`type` | classifies the description using some convenient typology, preferably the dictionary of data element types specified in ISO WD 12 620.
| Datatype: CDATA

Suggested values include:

definition | The description provides all the information needed to differentiate one concept from all other related concepts in the given domain.

| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

Note | A much fuller list of values for the `type` attribute may be generated from the dictionary of data element types under preparation as ISO TC 37/SC 3/WD 12 620, Computational Aids in Terminology. See ISO 12 620 for fuller details.

Example

Module Declared in file teite2n; Declared in file teite2f; Base tag sets for Terminological Data: enabled by TEI.terminology
Class terminologyMisc
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within ofig termEntry tig
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT descrip %om.RO;  %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST descrip
          %a.global;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 13.4.2 DTD Fragment for Flat Style; 13.4.1 DTD Fragment for Nested Style; 13.2 Tags for Terminological Data

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