<usg>

<usg> (usage) contains usage information in a dictionary entry. 9.3.5.2 Usage Information and Other Labels
Moduledictionaries — 9 Dictionaries
Attributes att.lexicographic (@expand, @norm, @split, @value, @orig, @location, @mergedIn, @opt)
typeclassifies the usage information using any convenient typology.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Sample values include:
geo
(geographic) geographic area
time
temporal, historical era (archaic, old, etc.)
dom
(domain) domain or subject matter (e.g. scientific, literary etc.)
reg
(register)
style
style (figurative, literal, etc.)
plev
(preference level) preference level (chiefly, usually, etc.)
lang
(language) name of a language mentioned in etymological or other linguistic discussion.
gram
(grammatical) grammatical usage
syn
(synonym) synonym given to show use
hyper
(hypernym) hypernym given to show usage
colloc
(collocation) contains a collocate of the headword.
comp
(complement) typical complement
obj
(object) typical object
subj
(subject) typical subject
verb
typical verb
hint
unclassifiable piece of information to guide sense choice
Used by
etym xr model.entryPart.top model.entryPart model.gramPart
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index label lb list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: figure formula table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att classSpec code eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleRef moduleSpec specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val
textcrit: app listWit witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration

<rng:element name="usg">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.lexicographic.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="type">
  <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>
element usg
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.lexicographic.attributes,
   attribute type { data.enumerated }?,
   macro.paraContent
}
Example
<form>
 <orth>colour</orth>
 <form>
  <usg type="geo">U.S.</usg>
  <orth>color</orth>
 </form>
</form>