<factuality>

<factuality> describes the extent to which the text may be regarded as imaginative or non-imaginative, that is, as describing a fictional or a non-fictional world. 15.2.1 The Text Description
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AttributesIn addition to global attributes
typecategorizes the factuality of the text.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
fiction
the text is to be regarded as entirely imaginative
fact
the text is to be regarded as entirely informative or factual
mixed
the text contains a mixture of fact and fiction
inapplicable
the fiction/fact distinction is not regarded as helpful or appropriate to this text
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 locusGrp 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

<rng:element name="factuality">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="type">
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:value>fiction</rng:value>
   <rng:value>fact</rng:value>
   <rng:value>mixed</rng:value>
   <rng:value>inapplicable</rng:value>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element factuality
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute type { "fiction" | "fact" | "mixed" | "inapplicable" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<factuality type="fiction"/>
Example
<factuality type="mixed">contains a mixture of gossip and
speculation about real people and events</factuality>
Note
Usually empty, unless some further clarification of the type attribute is needed, in which case it may contain running prose
For many literary texts, a simple binary opposition between ‘fiction’ and ‘fact’ is naïve in the extreme; this parameter is not intended for purposes of subtle literary analysis, but as a simple means of characterising the claimed fictiveness of a given text. No claim is made that works characterised as ‘fact’ are in any sense ‘true’.