<form>

<form> (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword. [9.3.1 Information on Written and Spoken Forms]
Moduledictionaries — Dictionaries
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.lexicographic (@expand, @norm, @split, @value, @orig, @location, @mergedIn, @opt) (att.datcat (@datcat, @valueDatcat))
typeclassifies form as simple, compound, etc. Suggested values include: 1] simple; 2] lemma; 3] variant; 4] compound; 5] derivative; 6] inflected; 7] phrase
Status Optional
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Suggested values include:
simple
single free lexical item
lemma
the headword itself
variant
a variant form
compound
word formed from simple lexical items
derivative
word derived from headword
inflected
word in other than usual dictionary form
phrase
multiple-word lexical item
Member of
Contained by
core: cit
namesdates: nym
May contain
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
textstructure: floatingText
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration

<rng:element name="form">
 <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.lexicographic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datcat.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>simple</rng:value>
    <rng:value>lemma</rng:value>
    <rng:value>variant</rng:value>
    <rng:value>compound</rng:value>
    <rng:value>derivative</rng:value>
    <rng:value>inflected</rng:value>
    <rng:value>phrase</rng:value>
    <rng:data type="Name"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:text/>
   <rng:ref name="model.gLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.phrase"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.inter"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.formPart"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element form
{
   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.lexicographic.attributes,
   att.datcat.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "simple"
    | "lemma"
    | "variant"
    | "compound"
    | "derivative"
    | "inflected"
    | "phrase"
    | xsd:Name
   }?,
   (
      text
    | model.gLikemodel.phrasemodel.intermodel.formPartmodel.global
   )*
}
Example
<form>
 <orth>zaptié</orth>
 <orth>zaptyé</orth>
</form>

(from TLFi)