<ab>

<ab> (anonymous block) contains any component-level unit of text, acting as a container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the same constraints as, a paragraph. [17.3. Blocks, Segments, and Anchors]
Modulelinking
Attributes
Member of
macro.abContent model.pLike
Contained by
core: item note q quote said sp stage textLang
corpus: particDesc settingDesc
figures: cell figure
header: abstract application availability cRefPattern calendar change correction correspAction correspContext correspDesc editionStmt editorialDecl encodingDesc handNote hyphenation interpretation langUsage licence normalization prefixDef projectDesc publicationStmt punctuation quotation refsDecl samplingDecl scriptNote segmentation seriesStmt sourceDesc stdVals styleDefDecl
linking: ab
msdescription: accMat acquisition additional additions binding bindingDesc collation condition custEvent custodialHist decoDesc decoNote filiation foliation handDesc history layout layoutDesc msContents msDesc msFrag msItem msItemStruct msPart musicNotation objectDesc origin physDesc provenance recordHist scriptDesc seal sealDesc signatures source summary support supportDesc surrogates typeDesc typeNote
namesdates: event listRelation nym object org person personGrp persona place state
spoken: transcriptionDesc
textcrit: lem rdg
textstructure: back body div epigraph front
transcr: metamark
verse: metDecl
May contain
analysis: c interp interpGrp m pc phr s w
certainty: certainty precision
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index l label lb lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
linking: ab anchor join link linkGrp seg
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName bloc country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement state surname
textcrit: app listApp
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: addSpan am damage delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo
character data
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. Unlike paragraphs, ab may nest and may use the type and subtype attributes.

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>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:l//tei:ab">
<sch:assert test="ancestor::tei:floatingText | parent::tei:figure | parent::tei:note"> Abstract model violation: Metrical lines may not contain higher-level divisions such as p or ab, unless ab is a child of figure or note, or is a descendant of floatingText.
</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.abContent"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element ab
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.cmc.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.fragmentable.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   tei_macro.abContent
}