TEI Lex-0

— A baseline encoding for lexicographic data

12.1.104. <purpose>

<purpose> characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the text. [16.2.1. The Text Description]
Modulecorpus — Specification
Attributes
typespecifies a particular kind of purpose.
Derived fromatt.typed
StatusOptional
Datatypeteidata.enumerated
Suggested values include:
persuade
didactic, advertising, propaganda, etc.
express
self expression, confessional, etc.
inform
convey information, educate, etc.
entertain
amuse, entertain, etc.
degreespecifies the extent to which this purpose predominates.
StatusOptional
Datatypeteidata.certainty
Note

Values should be interpreted as follows.

high
this purpose is predominant
medium
this purpose is intermediate
low
this purpose is weak
unknown
extent unknown
Member of
Contained by
header: language
May contain
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure
header: idno
tagdocs: ident
transcr: metamark
character data
Note

Usually empty, unless some further clarification of the type attribute is needed, in which case it may contain running prose

Example
<purpose type="persuadedegree="high"/>
<purpose type="entertaindegree="low"/>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
    
Schema Declaration

element purpose
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type { "persuade" | "express" | "inform" | "entertain" }?,
   attribute degree { text }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}