pgDesc

<pgDesc>

(page description) – Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or description of the content of a physical page.

Module MEI.shared

Attributes


@label(optional)Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any string. Value of datatype string. att.commonPart
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation for an element. Value conforms to token. att.common
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.lang
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI. att.commonPart
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value of datatype ID. att.id
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language. att.lang

Member of

model.metaLike.page

Contained by

MEI.sharedpb

May contain

Text

MEI.figtabletable

MEI.ptrrefptr ref

MEI.sharedannot biblList castList eventList p

MEI.textlg list quote

MEI.usersymbolsanchoredText curve line

Declaration


                  <classes>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.common"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.lang"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="model.metaLike.page"/>
                     </classes>
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:choice>
                           
                           <rng:text/>
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="model.graphicprimitiveLike"
                                 />
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="model.textcomponentLike"
                                 />
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="model.annotLike"
                                 />
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="model.locrefLike"
                                 />
                           </rng:choice>
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     </content>

Remarks

Best practice suggests the use of controlled vocabulary. Don't confuse this element with a figure caption. A caption is text primarily intended for display with an illustration. It may or may not function as a description of the illustration.