<profileDesc>

<profileDesc> (text-profile description) provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic aspects of a text, specifically the languages and sublanguages used, the situation in which it was produced, the participants and their setting. 2.4 The Profile Description 2.1.1 The TEI Header and its Components
Moduleheader — 2 The TEI Header
AttributesGlobal attributes only
Used by
model.headerPart
May contain
corpus: particDesc settingDesc textDesc
header: creation langUsage textClass
transcr: handNotes
Declaration

<rng:element name="profileDesc">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:group>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:ref name="creation"/>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="model.profileDescPart"/>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:group>
</rng:element>
element profileDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   ( creation?, model.profileDescPart* )
}
Example
<profileDesc>
 <langUsage>
  <language ident="fr">French</language>
 </langUsage>
 <textDesc n="novel">
  <channel mode="w">print; part issues</channel>
  <constitution type="single"/>
  <derivation type="original"/>
  <domain type="art"/>
  <factuality type="fiction"/>
  <interaction type="none"/>
  <preparedness type="prepared"/>
  <purpose type="entertain" degree="high"/>
  <purpose type="inform" degree="medium"/>
 </textDesc>
 <settingDesc>
  <setting>
   <name>Paris, France</name>
   <time>Late 19th century</time>
  </setting>
 </settingDesc>
</profileDesc>