The remarks for @source in att.editLike says:
<p>Each pointer on the <att>source</att> (if present) corresponding to a witness or witness group should indicate a <gi>witness</gi> or <gi>msDesc</gi> element documenting the source concerned.</p>
I don't see why there should be a requirement to point to a <witness>
or <msDesc>
element; why could one not point to an external source, or a <bibl>
element?
Note: this partly relates to the discussion on the previously-implemented FR for @source in att.source/att.responsibility:
Assigning to myself to loosen prose to indicate that it should point to a description, citation, or copy of the source.
Council agreed to implement 2014-06-30.
rephrased at [r12991]
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Commit: [r12991]