| <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 |
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| 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>
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| Note | |
| Tagset | auxiliary tag set for writing system
declarations |
| Class | |
| Filename | teiwsd2 |
| Content: | May contain only a prescribed series of sub-elements. |
| Parents | [none] |
| Children | characters 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 |