TEI element ab (anonymous block)

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<ab>

<ab> (anonymous block) contains any arbitrary component-level unit of text, acting as an anonymous container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the semantic baggage of, a paragraph. [16.3. Blocks, Segments, and Anchors]

Module

linking

Attributes

part part¶

Status

Optional

Member of

model.pLike

Contained by

core: item note q sp stage

figures: cell figure

textstructure: argument back body div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph front postscript

May contain

core: abbr add address bibl cb cit date del desc email foreign gap graphic hi l label lb lg list listBibl milestone name note num pb ptr q ref stage time title unclear

derived-module-tei_tite: b colShift i ornament smcap sub sup ul

figures: figure formula table

gaiji: g

linking: seg

textstructure: floatingText

transcr: handShift

Declaration

element ab { attribute part { text }?, macro.paraContent }

Example

<div type="book" n="Genesis">
<div type="chapter" n="1">
  <ab>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.</ab>
  <ab>And the earth was without form, and void; and
     darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
     spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.</ab>
  <ab>And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.</ab>

</div>
</div>

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Note

The ab element may be used at the encoder's discretion to mark any component-level elements in a text for which no other more specific appropriate markup is defined.