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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]
Modulelinking
AttributesAttributes
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 }
Schematron

<s:report test="(ancestor::tei:p or ancestor::tei:ab) and not(parent::tei:exemplum |parent::tei:item |parent::tei:note |parent::tei:q |parent::tei:quote |parent::tei:remarks |parent::tei:said |parent::tei:sp |parent::tei:stage |parent::tei:cell |parent::tei:figure)"> Abstract model violation: ab may not contain paragraphs or other ab elements.
</s:report>
Schematron

<s:report test="ancestor::tei:l or ancestor::tei:lg"> Abstract model violation: Lines may not contain higher-level divisions such as p or ab.
</s:report>
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>
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.