## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <roleDesc>

`<roleDesc>` | (role description) describes a character's role in a drama.
Attributes | Global attributes only

Example

    <roleDesc>gentlemen of leisure</roleDesc>

Module | Declared in file teidram2; Base tag set for performance texts: enabled by TEI.drama

May contain

#PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref

May occur within | castItem

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT roleDesc %om.RR; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST roleDesc
          %a.global;>

See further | 10.1.4 Cast Lists

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