LiteralTextType
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Literal (static) text to be used in the instrument using the StructuredString structure plus an attribute allowing for the specification of white space to be preserved.

Properties
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.. csv-table::
   :header: "Name","Type","","Description"
   :widths: 15,10,5,100

   "Text",":doc:`/composite-types/TextType/index`","0..1","The value of the static text string. Supports the optional use of XHTML formatting tags within the string structure. If the content of a literal text contains more than one language, i.e. ""What is your understanding of the German word 'Gesundheit'?"", the foreign language element should be placed in a separate LiteralText component with the appropriate xml:lang value and, in this case, isTranslatable set to ""false"". If the existence of white space is critical to the understanding of the content (such as inclusion of a leading or trailing white space), set the attribute of Text xml:space to ""preserve""."

Properties Inherited from TextContentType
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.. csv-table::
   :header: "Name","Type","","Description"
   :widths: 15,10,5,100

   "Description",":doc:`/composite-types/StructuredStringType/index`","0..1","A description of the content and purpose of the text segment. Supports multiple language versions of the same content as well as optional formatting of the content."


Item Type Hierarchy
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* :doc:`/composite-types/TextContentType/index`
    * **LiteralTextType**


Relationships
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