specifies a TAN file that contains vocabulary items. Root element. names one or more TAN attributes that an item applies to. This attribute is weakly inheritable. An element will be affected only by the values of the closest @affects-attribute. Currently this attribute may be applied only to @n. n provides a container for IRI, names, and descriptions of something. The item is assumed to be a type (or types) of thing indicated by the values of the closest @affects-attribute or @affects-element. An <item> does not describe verbs, which have special constraints. Use <verb> instead. names one or more TAN elements that an item applies to. This attribute is weakly inheritable. An element is be affected only by the values of the closest @affects-element.