## 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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