The <fileDesc> is the first section of the <teiHeader>. It provides an exhaustive description of the document we are publishing.

It is divided into five large blocks:

<fileDesc>
		<titleStmt>…</titleStmt>
		<editionStmt>…</editionStmt>
		<extent>…</extent>
		<publicationStmt>…</publicationStmt>
		<sourceDesc>…</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>