<writingSystemDeclaration> declares the coded character set, transliteration scheme, or entity set used to transcribe a given writing system of a given language.
Attributes:
name gives a formal name for the writing system declaration
Datatype: CDATA
Values: any string of characters
Default: #REQUIRED
Note

date gives the date on which the writing system declaration was last revised.
Datatype: %ISO-date
Values: A date in valid ISO format.
Default: #REQUIRED
Example:
Note

Example 
 <writingSystemDeclaration id=eng lang=eng
   name='-//TEI P2: 1993//WSD Modern English//en'
   date='1993-05-25'>
   <language iso639="EN">Modern American English</language>
   <script>Subset of modern Latin alphabet</script>
   <direction lines=TB chars=LR>
   <characters>
     <codedCharset name='ANSI X3.4' authority='national'>
     <exceptions></exceptions>
   </characters>
</writingSystemDeclaration>
Note
Tagsetauxiliary tag set for writing system declarations
Class
Filenameteiwsd2
Content: May contain only a prescribed series of sub-elements.
Parents[none]
Childrencharacters direction language note script
Declaration
<!ELEMENT writingSystemDeclaration 
                        - -  (language, script, direction*, 
                             characters, note*)                 >
<!ATTLIST writingSystemDeclaration 
                   %a.global
          name               CDATA               #REQUIRED
          date               %ISO-date           #REQUIRED      >
See 25.1

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