sexe specifies the sex of a person. précise le sexe d'une personne. 개인의 성을 명시한다. 指明個人性別。 人物の性別を示す． especifica el sexo de una persona. specifica il sesso di una persona

Values for this attribute are taken from ISO 5218:1977 Representation of Human Sexes; 0 indicates unknown; 1 indicates male; 2 indicates female; and 9 indicates not applicable.

Les valeurs de cet attribut sont tirées de la norme ISO 5218:1977 Échange d'information -- Représentation des sexes humains ; 0 indique "inconnu" ; 1 indique "masculin" ; 2 indique "féminin" ; et 9 indique "ne s'applique pas".

当該属性の値は，ISO 5218:1977 Representation of Human Sexesで定義されている． 0は不明，1は男性，2は女性，9は不適切であることを示す．

female féminin 女性

As with other culturally-constructed traits such as age, the way in which this concept is described in different cultural contexts may vary. The normalising attributes are provided as a means of simplifying that variety to Western European norms and should not be used where that is inappropriate. The content of the element may be used to describe the intended concept in more detail, using plain text.