<form> (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword.
Attributes:
type classifies form as simple, compound, etc.
Datatype: CDATA
Legal values:
simple single free lexical item
lemma the headword itself
variant a variant form
compound word formed from simple lexical items
derivative word derived from headword
inflected word in other than usual dictionary form
phrase multiple-word lexical item
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
Example
Note

Tagsetbase tag set for printed dictionaries
Classdictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel, formInfo
Filenameteidict2
Content: May contain any of a variety of element.
Parentscharacter entry form hom re sense superentry trans
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption case castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign form formula fw gen geogName gi gloss gram handShift hi hyph itype label lang lbl link list listBibl m measure mentioned mood move name note num number oRef oVar orgName orig orth pRef pVar per persName phr placeName pron ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied syll table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title tns unclear usg val view w witDetail xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT form          - -  (%m.formInfo | %paraContent)+      >
<!ATTLIST form               %a.global
                             %a.dictionaries
          type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
See 12.3.1

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