<sourceDesc>

<sourceDesc> (descrizione della fonte) fornisce una descrizione relativa alla o alle fonti da cui è derivato o generato un documento elettronico. [2.2.7 The Source Description]
Modulo header — The TEI Header
Attributi
Contenuto in
header: biblFull fileDesc
Può contenere
core: bibl biblStruct list listBibl p
figures: table
header: biblFull
linking: ab
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation
spoken: recordingStmt scriptStmt
textcrit: listApp listWit
Esempio
<sourceDesc>
 <bibl>
  <title level="a">The Interesting story of the Children in the Wood</title>. In
 <author>Victor E Neuberg</author>, <title>The Penny Histories</title>.
 <publisher>OUP</publisher>
  <date>1968</date>. </bibl>
</sourceDesc>
Esempio
<sourceDesc>
 <p>Born digital: no previous source exists.</p>
</sourceDesc>
Content model 
<content>
 <alternate>
  <classRef key="model.pLike" minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.biblLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.sourceDescPart"/>
   <classRef key="model.listLike"/>
  </alternate>
 </alternate>
</content>
Dichiarazione 
<rng:element name="sourceDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declarable.attributes"/>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.biblLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.sourceDescPart"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.listLike"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element sourceDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.declarable.attributes,
   (
      model.pLike+
    | ( model.biblLike | model.sourceDescPart | model.listLike )+
   )
}