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<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0" module="namesdates" ident="trait">
  <desc>contains a description of some culturally-determined characteristic
attributed to a person or place.</desc>
  <classes>
    <memberOf key="att.global"/>
    <memberOf key="att.datable"/>
    <memberOf key="att.editLike"/>
    <memberOf key="att.naming"/>
    <memberOf key="att.typed"/>
    <memberOf key="model.persTraitLike"/>
  </classes>
  <content>
    <rng:group>
      <rng:optional>
        <rng:ref name="label"/>
      </rng:optional>
      <rng:optional>
        <rng:ref name="model.dateLike"/>
      </rng:optional>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
        <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
        <rng:choice>
          <rng:ref name="model.noteLike"/>
          <rng:ref name="model.biblLike"/>
        </rng:choice>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
    </rng:group>
  </content>
  <exemplum xml:lang="en">
    <egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples">
      <trait cert="high" ref="#BritCit" type="social">
        <label>citizenship</label>
        <date from="1987-01-01" to="1997-12-31">Between 1987 and 1997</date>
        <p>Held status of naturalized UK citizen</p>
      </trait>
    </egXML>
    <p>The reference <code>#BritCit</code> should indicate some definition of the
category "British Citizenship" elsewhere, for example in the header or
some external source.</p>
  </exemplum>
  <exemplum xml:lang="en">
    <egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples">
      <trait type="physical">
        <label>Eye colour</label>
        <p>Blue</p>
      </trait>
    </egXML>
  </exemplum>
</elementSpec>
