<profileDesc>

Validation Information:

[table border="1" colwidth="115"]
Rules,Values
Contained by:,<teiHeader>
May contain:,<handNotes>|<langUsage>|<listTranspose>
Attributes:, none [/table]

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What is it?

The <profileDesc> provides information about the non-bibliographic aspects of the text.

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Sub-elements:

<handNotes>

The <handNotes> element contains a list of the different writing tools that were used. Each item in the list resides inside an individual <handNote> element. Those <handNote> elements are empty elements that contain the writing tool in their @medium attributes. The writing tool that was used the most throughout the document receives an extra @scope attribute, which has "major" as its value. For example:

<langUsage>

The <langUsage> element contains a list of all the languages that were used in the document. Each item in the list resides within its own <language> element. Those <language> elements are empty elements that contain the language in question in an @ident attribute, which has the language's ISO code as its value. For example:

<listTranspose>

The <listTranspose> element contains a list of all the transpositions that occur in the text. Each transposition in the list resides within its own <transpose> element, which in turn has two empty <ptr/> elements. These <ptr/> elements each have a @target attribute that contain the @xml:id of one of the two parts of the transposition (that occurs in the <text>), preceded by a hashtag (#). In this list, the @xml:ids occur in the sequence that they should occur in the reading text (after the transposition has taken place). For example:

For more information, please refer to the <seg> tag (under the @type attribute, which can have a "transposition" value).