<attDef>

<attDef> (attribute definition) contains the definition of a single attribute.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes)

usage specifies the optionality of an attribute or element.

Datatype: (req|mwa|rec|rwa|opt)

Legal values are:

req	required
mwa	mandatory when applicable
rec	recommended
rwa	recommended when applicable
opt	optional

Default: opt

Example

<attDef usage="rec">
  <attName>type</attName>
  <desc>specifies a name conventionally used for this
	level of subdivision, e.g. <q>act</q>, <q>volume</q>,
	<q>book</q>, <q>section</q>, <q>canto</q>, etc.</desc>
  <datatype>CDATA</datatype>
	<valDesc>any string of characters</valDesc>
	<default>#IMPLIED</default>
</attDef>

Module Declared in file teitsd2; Auxiliary DTD for Tag Set documentation

May contain attName datatype default desc eg equiv remarks rs valDesc valList

May occur within

Declaration

<!ELEMENT attDef %om.RO; (attName, rs?, desc,
(datatype, (valList | valDesc)?),
default, eg?, remarks?, equiv*)> 
<!ATTLIST attDef  
      %a.global;
      usage (req|mwa|rec|rwa|opt) "opt">

See further 27.1.1 The AttList Documentation Element

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Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<attDef>