<constitution> describes the internal composition of a text or text sample, for example as fragmentary, complete, etc.
Attributes:
type specifies how the text was constituted.
Datatype: (single | composite | frags | unknown)
Legal values:
single a single complete text
composite a text made by combining several smaller items, each individually complete
frags a text made by combining several smaller, not necessarily complete, items
unknown composition unknown or unspecified
Default: single
Example
    <constitution type=frags>Prologues only.
Note

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

Tagsetauxiliary tag set for corpora and collections
Class
Filenameteicorp2
Content: contains any sequence of phrase level data
ParentstextDesc
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT constitution  - O  (%phrase.seq)                      >
<!ATTLIST constitution       %a.global
          type               (single | composite | frags | 
                             unknown)            single         >
See 23.2.1

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