TEI element objectDesc (object description)

<objectDesc>

<objectDesc> (object description) contains a description of the physical components making up the object which is being described. [10.7.1. Object Description]

Module

msdescription

Attributes

att.global
- @xml:id
- @n
- @xml:lang
- @xml:base
- @xml:space
- att.global.rendition
  - @rend
  - @style
  - @rendition
- att.global.linking
  - @corresp
  - @synch
  - @sameAs
  - @copyOf
  - @next
  - @prev
  - @exclude
  - @select
- att.global.analytic
  - @ana
- att.global.facs
  - @facs
- att.global.change
  - @change
- att.global.responsibility
  - @cert
  - @resp
- att.global.source
  - @source

form

(form) a short project-specific name identifying the physical form of the carrier, for example as a codex, roll, fragment, partial leaf, cutting etc.

Status	Optional
Datatype	teidata.enumerated
Note	Definitions for the terms used may typically be provided by a <valList> element in the project schema specification.

Member of

model.physDescPart

Contained by

msdescription: physDesc

May contain

core: p

linking: ab

msdescription: layoutDesc supportDesc

Example

<objectDesc form="codex">
<supportDesc material="mixed">
  <p>Early modern
  <material>parchment</material> and
  <material>paper</material>.</p>
</supportDesc>
<layoutDesc>
  <layout ruledLines="25 32"/>
</layoutDesc>
</objectDesc>

Content model

<content>
 <alternate>
  <classRef key="model.pLike" minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <sequence>
   <elementRef key="supportDesc"
    minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="layoutDesc"
    minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
 </alternate>
</content>

Schema Declaration

element objectDesc
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   attribute form { teidata.enumerated }?,
   ( tei_model.pLike+ | ( tei_supportDesc?, tei_layoutDesc? ) )
}