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<head> (heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section, or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc. [4.2.1. Headings and Trailers]
Modulecore
AttributesAttributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.typed (@type)
typeindicates the type of heading. In jTEI, we only use this attribute in the context of a head element in figure, where it must have one of two values.
Status Optional
Datatype data.enumerated
Legal values are:
legend
the caption for a figure.
license
licensing information that must be shown alongside the figure.
Member of
model.headLike model.pLike.front
Contained by
core: list listBibl
figures: figure table
namesdates: listPerson
textstructure: back body div front
May contain
core: abbr bibl cit date desc email emph foreign gap graphic hi label lb list listBibl mentioned name note num ptr q quote ref soCalled term title
figures: figure table
header: idno
namesdates: affiliation forename listPerson orgName roleName surname
tagdocs: att code eg egXML gi ident tag val
transcr: supplied
Declaration
element head
{
   attribute type { text }?,
   (
      text
    | lg
    | model.gLike
    | model.phrase
    | model.inter
    | model.lLike
    | model.global
   )*
}
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:head">
<sch:report test="matches(., '^\s*((figure|table|example|section) )?\d', 'i')"> Headings are numbered and labeled automatically, please remove the hard-coded label from the text.
</sch:report></sch:rule>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:figure/tei:head">
<sch:assert test="@type = ('legend', 'license')"> Figure titles must have a type 'legend' or 'license'.
</sch:assert></sch:rule>
Example

The most common use for the head element is to mark the headings of sections. In older writings, the headings or incipits may be rather longer than usual in modern works. If a section has an explicit ending as well as a heading, it should be marked as a <trailer>, as in this example:

<div1 n="I" type="book">
 <head>In the name of Christ here begins the first book of the ecclesiastical history of
   Georgius Florentinus, known as Gregory, Bishop of Tours.</head>
 <div2 type="section">
  <head>In the name of Christ here begins Book I of the history.</head>
  <p>Proposing as I do ...</p>
  <p>From the Passion of our Lord until the death of Saint Martin four hundred and twelve
     years passed.</p>
  <trailer>Here ends the first Book, which covers five thousand, five hundred and ninety-six
     years from the beginning of the world down to the death of Saint Martin.</trailer>
 </div2>
</div1>
Example

The head element is also used to mark headings of other units, such as lists:

With a few exceptions, connectives are equally
useful in all kinds of discourse: description, narration, exposition, argument. <list rend="bulleted">
 <head>Connectives</head>
 <item>above</item>
 <item>accordingly</item>
 <item>across from</item>
 <item>adjacent to</item>
 <item>again</item>
 <item>
<!-- ... -->
 </item>
</list>
Note

The head element is used for headings at all levels; software which treats (e.g.) chapter headings, section headings, and list titles differently must determine the proper processing of a head element based on its structural position. A head occurring as the first element of a list is the title of that list; one occurring as the first element of a <div1> is the title of that chapter or section.