<fileDesc>

<fileDesc> (file description) contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file. [2.2. The File Description 2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components]
Module header
Attributes Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source))
Contained by
header: teiHeader
May contain
Note
The major source of information for those seeking to create a catalogue entry or bibliographic citation for an electronic file. As such, it provides a title and statements of responsibility together with details of the publication or distribution of the file, of any series to which it belongs, and detailed bibliographic notes for matters not addressed elsewhere in the header. It also contains a full bibliographic description for the source or sources from which the electronic text was derived.
Examples

<fileDesc>
   
<titleStmt>
      
<title>The shortest possible TEI document</title>
   
</titleStmt>
   
<publicationStmt>
      
<p>Distributed as part of TEI P5</p>
   
</publicationStmt>
   
<sourceDesc>
      
<p>No print source exists: this is an original digital text</p>
   
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
Source Github

<elementSpec module="header" ident="fileDesc">
   
<gloss>file description</gloss>
   
<desc>contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file.</desc>
   
<classes>
      
<memberOf key="att.global"/>
   
</classes>
   
<content>
      
<sequence>
         
<sequence>
            
<elementRef key="titleStmt"/>
            
<elementRef key="editionStmt" minOccurs="0"/>
            
<elementRef key="extent" minOccurs="0"/>
            
<elementRef key="publicationStmt"/>
            
<elementRef key="seriesStmt" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            
<elementRef key="notesStmt" minOccurs="0"/>
         
</sequence>
         
<elementRef key="sourceDesc" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      
</sequence>
   
</content>
</elementSpec>