<form>

<form> (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword. [9.3.1. Information on Written and Spoken Forms]
Moduledictionaries
Attributes
typeclassifies form as simple, compound, etc.
Derived fromatt.typed
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Suggested values include:
simple
single free lexical item
lemma
the headword itself
variant
a variant form
compound
word formed from simple lexical items
derivative
word derived from headword
inflected
word in other than usual dictionary form
phrase
multiple-word lexical item
Member of
model.entryPart model.formPart
Contained by
core: cit
dictionaries: form
namesdates: nym
May contain
analysis: c interp interpGrp m pc phr s w
certainty: certainty precision
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index label lb list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: form gen lang
figures: figure notatedMusic table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
linking: anchor join link linkGrp seg
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName bloc country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement state surname
textcrit: app listApp
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: addSpan am damage delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo
character data
Example
<form>
 <orth>zaptié</orth>
 <orth>zaptyé</orth>
</form>

(from TLFi)

Content model
<content>
 <alternate minOccurs="0"
  maxOccurs="unbounded">
  <textNode/>
  <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.phrase"/>
  <classRef key="model.inter"/>
  <classRef key="model.formPart"/>
  <classRef key="model.global"/>
 </alternate>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element form
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   tei_att.lexicographic.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "simple"
    | "lemma"
    | "variant"
    | "compound"
    | "derivative"
    | "inflected"
    | "phrase"
    | teidata.enumerated
   }?,
   (
      text
    | tei_model.gLike
    | tei_model.phrase
    | tei_model.inter
    | tei_model.formPart
    | tei_model.global
   )*
}