<charDecl>

<charDecl> (character declarations) provides information about nonstandard characters and glyphs. [5.2 Markup Constructs for Representation of Characters and Glyphs]
Module gaiji — Characters, Glyphs, and Writing Modes
Attributes
Member of
Contained by
header: encodingDesc
May contain
core: desc
gaiji: char glyph
Example
<charDecl>
 <char xml:id="aENL">
  <unicodeProp name="Name"
   value="LATIN LETTER ENLARGED SMALL A"/>

  <mapping type="standard">a</mapping>
 </char>
</charDecl>
Content model
<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="descminOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">

   <elementRef key="char"/>
   <elementRef key="glyph"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="charDecl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="desc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="char"/>
    <rng:ref name="glyph"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element charDecl
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   ( desc?, ( char | glyph )+ )
}