<purpose>

<purpose> characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the text. 15.2.1 The Text Description
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屬性
typespecifies a particular kind of purpose.
狀態 非必備的
資料類型 
data.enumerated
被推薦的值包含:
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.
狀態 非必備的
資料類型 
data.certainty
註
Values should be interpreted as follows.
high
this purpose is predominant
medium
this purpose is intermediate
low
this purpose is weak
unknown
extent unknown
屬於textDesc
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr address cb choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num pb ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
dictionaries: lang
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift space subst
宣告
element purpose
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "persuade" | "express" | "inform" | "entertain" | xsd:Name
   }?,
   attribute degree { data.certainty }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
例子
<purpose type="persuade" degree="high"/>
<purpose type="entertain" degree="low"/>
註
Usually empty, unless some further clarification of the type attribute is needed, in which case it may contain running prose