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teiHeader (TEI header) supplies descriptive and declarative metadata associated with a digital resource or set of resources.
As discussed above, the teiHeader element has five principal components:
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fileDesc (file description) contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file.
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encodingDesc (encoding description) documents the relationship between an electronic text and the source or sources from which it was derived.
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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.
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xenoData (non-TEI metadata) provides a container element into which metadata in non-TEI formats may be placed.
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revisionDesc (revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file.