<front> (front matter) contains any prefatory matter (headers, title page, prefaces, dedications, etc.) found before the start of a text proper.
Attributes:
Example 
<front>
<epigraph lang=LA>
<quote>Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis
vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent:
<q lang=GRC>Sibylla ti weleis</q>; respondebat
illa: <q lang=GRC>apowanein welo.</q></quote></epigraph>
<div type=dedication>
<p>For Ezra Pound <q lang=IT>il miglior fabbro.</q></p>
</front>
Example 
<front>
<div type=dedication>
<p>To our three selves
</div>
<div type=preface>
<head>Author's Note</head>
<p>All the characters in this book are purely imaginary, and if the
author has used names that may suggest a reference to living persons
she has done so inadvertently.
 ...
</div>
</front>
Note
Tagsetbase tag set for common core features
Classdeclaring
Filenameteifron2
Parentstext
Childrenargument byline castList div div1 divGen docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph epilogue head performance prologue set titlePage titlePart
Declaration
<!ELEMENT front         - O  ( (%m.front;)*, ( ( (%m.fmchunk;), 
                             (%m.fmchunk; | titlePage)*) | ( 
                             (div), (div | (%m.front;) )*) | ( 
                             (div1), (div1 | (%m.front;) )*) )? 
                             )                                  >
<!ATTLIST front              %a.global
                             %a.declaring                       >
See 7.5 ; 7

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