<channel>

<channel> (primary channel) describes the medium or channel by which a text is delivered or experienced. For a written text, this might be print, manuscript, e-mail, etc.; for a spoken one, radio, telephone, face-to-face, etc. 15.2.1 The Text Description
Modulecorpus — 15 Language Corpora
AttributesIn addition to global attributes
modespecifies the mode of this channel with respect to speech and writing.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
s
(spoken)
w
(written)
sw
(spoken to be written) e.g. dictation
ws
(written to be spoken) e.g. a script
m
(mixed)
x
(unknown or inapplicable) [Default]
Used by model.textDescPart
May contain
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num pb ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
dictionaries: lang
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift space subst
Declaration
element channel
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute mode { "s" | "w" | "sw" | "ws" | "m" | "x" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<channel mode="s">face-to-face conversation</channel>