| <language> | characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. |
| Attributes: | | id
| specifies the identifier for the writing system
declaration for this language (e.g. eng,
fra, deu)
| | Datatype: ID
| | Values: should usually be a language identifier from ISO 639.
| | Default: #IMPLIED | | wsd
| specifies the entity containing the writing system
declaration used for representing texts in this language.
| | Datatype: ENTITY
| | Values: must be the name of an entity containing a full writing
system declaration
| | Default: #IMPLIED
| | Note | The entity containing the writing system declaration will
typically be an external file; it must be declared in the DTD.
| | usage
| specifies the approximate percentage (by volume) of the text
which uses this language.
| | Datatype: NUMBER
| | Values: a whole number between 1 and 100
| | Default: #IMPLIED |
|
| Example |
<language wsd=LA usage=100>Pig Latin
|
| Note | |
| Tagset | auxiliary tag set for TEI headers |
| Class | |
| Filename | teihdr2 |
| Content: | Particularly for sublanguages, an informal prose
characterization should be supplied as content for the element in
addition to the specification implied by the WSD |
| Parents | langUsage writingSystemDeclaration |
| Children | #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage
date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw
geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num
oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg
restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange
timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT language - O (%phrase.seq) >
<!ATTLIST language %a.analysis
%a.linking
%a.terminology
n CDATA #IMPLIED
lang IDREF %INHERITED
rend CDATA #IMPLIED
id ID #IMPLIED
wsd ENTITY #IMPLIED
usage NUMBER #IMPLIED > |
| See | 5.4.2 |