<encodingDesc>

<encodingDesc> (編碼描述) 記錄電子文件和其ㄧ個或多個文件來源之間的關係。 [2.3 The Encoding Description 2.1.1 The TEI Header and its Components]
組件header — 2 The TEI Header
屬性att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change))
屬於
model.teiHeaderPart
可包含在於
header: teiHeader
可包含
core: p
gaiji: charDecl
header: appInfo classDecl editorialDecl geoDecl projectDesc refsDecl samplingDecl styleDefDecl tagsDecl
iso-fs: fsdDecl
linking: ab
tagdocs: schemaSpec
textcrit: variantEncoding
verse: metDecl
宣告

<rng:element name="encodingDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.encodingDescPart"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element encodingDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   ( ( model.encodingDescPart | model.pLike )+ )
}
例子
<encodingDesc>
 <p>Basic encoding, capturing lexical information only. All
   hyphenation, punctuation, and variant spellings normalized. No
   formatting or layout information preserved.</p>
</encodingDesc>