TEI element div (text division)

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<div>

<div> (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1. Divisions of the Body]

Module

textstructure

Attributes

Attributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.divLike att.typed (@type)

type type¶

Status

Optional

Legal values are:

abstract: (Abstract for the article, appearing inside <front>.) Every article must include an abstract, consisting of one or two paragraphs. This appears in the <front> element and may not appear anywhere else.
acknowledgements: (Acknowledgements for the article, appearing inside <front>.) If an article includes a section for acknowledgements (for funders, supporters, etc.), it should be as brief as possible, and must appear in the <front> element and nowhere else.
appendix: (Appendix to the article, appearing inside <back>.) Any appendices must appear in the <back> of the article, following the bibliography.
bibliography: (Bibliography, appearing inside <back>.) Every article must include a bibliography, which appears as the first component of the <back> element, followed by any appendices.
editorialIntroduction: (Editorial introduction, appearing inside <body>.) An editorial introduction to an issue must contain a <div type="editorialIntroduction">, which must appear in the <body> element and may not appear anywhere else.

Member of

model.divLike

Contained by

textstructure: back body div front

May contain

core: bibl cit desc gap head label lb list listBibl note p q quote

figures: figure table

namesdates: listPerson

tagdocs: eg egXML

textstructure: div

Declaration

element div
{
   attribute type { text }?,
   (
      ( model.divTop | model.global )*,
      (
         (
            ( ( ( model.divLike | model.divGenLike ), model.global* )+ )
          | (
               ( ( model.common ), model.global* )+,
               ( ( model.divLike | model.divGenLike ), model.global* )*
            )
         ),
         ( ( model.divBottom ), model.global* )*
      )?
   )
}

Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:div[@type = ('abstract', 'acknowledgements')]">
<sch:assert test="parent::tei:front"> Abstracts (<sch:name/>[@type="abstract"]) and acknowledgements (<sch:name/>[@type="acknowledgements"]) may only occur inside front.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>

Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:front/tei:div">
<sch:assert test="@type=('abstract', 'acknowledgements')"> Only abstracts (div[@type="abstract"]) and acknowledgements (div[@type="acknowledgements"]) may appear in the <front>.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>

Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:div[@type = ('bibliography', 'appendix')]">
<sch:assert test="parent::tei:back"> Bibliography (<sch:name/>[@type="bibliography"]) and appendices (<sch:name/>[@type="appendix"]) may only occur inside back.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>

Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:div[@type = ('editorialIntroduction')]">
<sch:assert test="parent::tei:body"> An editorial introduction (<sch:name/>[@type="editorialIntroduction"]) may only occur inside body.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>

Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:div[not(@type = ('editorialIntroduction', 'bibliography', 'abstract', 'acknowledgements'))]">
<sch:assert test="tei:head"> A <sch:name/> must contain a head.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>

Schematron

<s:report test="ancestor::tei:l"> Abstract model violation: Lines may not contain higher-level structural elements such as div.
</s:report>

Schematron

<s:report test="ancestor::tei:p or ancestor::tei:ab and not(ancestor::tei:floatingText)"> Abstract model violation: p and ab may not contain higher-level structural elements such as div.
</s:report>

Example

<body>
<div type="part">
  <head>Fallacies of Authority</head>
  <p>The subject of which is Authority in various shapes, and the object, to repress all
     exercise of the reasoning faculty.</p>
  <div n="1" type="chapter">
   <head>The Nature of Authority</head>
   <p>With reference to any proposed measures having for their object the greatest
       happiness of the greatest number....</p>
   <div n="1.1" type="section">
    <head>Analysis of Authority</head>
    <p>What on any given occasion is the legitimate weight or influence to be attached to
         authority ... </p>
   </div>
   <div n="1.2" type="section">
    <head>Appeal to Authority, in What Cases Fallacious.</head>
    <p>Reference to authority is open to the charge of fallacy when... </p>
   </div>
  </div>
</div>
</body>

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