<constitution>

<constitution> describes the internal composition of a text or text sample, for example as fragmentary, complete, etc. [15.2.1 The Text Description]
Modulecorpus — Language Corpora
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) (att.global.source (@source))
typespecifies how the text was constituted.
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Legal values are:
single
a single complete text [Default]
composite
a text made by combining several smaller items, each individually complete
frags
(fragments) a text made by combining several smaller, not necessarily complete, items
unknown
composition unknown or unspecified
Member of
Contained by
corpus: textDesc
May contain
Note

The function of this element seems to overlap with both the org attribute on div and the samplingDecl in the encodingDesc.

Example
<constitution type="frags">Prologues only.</constitution>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="constitution">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type"
   a:defaultValue="single">

   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>single</rng:value>
    <rng:value>composite</rng:value>
    <rng:value>frags</rng:value>
    <rng:value>unknown</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element constitution
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   attribute type { "single" | "composite" | "frags" | "unknown" }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}