<text>

<text> (text) contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example a poem or drama, a collection of essays, a novel, a dictionary, or a corpus sample. [4. Default Text Structure 15.1. Varieties of Composite Text]
Moduletextstructure
Attributes
Member of
Contained by
core: teiCorpus
textstructure: TEI group
May contain
Note

This element should not be used to represent a text which is inserted at an arbitrary point within the structure of another, for example as in an embedded or quoted narrative; the floatingText is provided for this purpose.

Example
<text>
 <front>
  <docTitle>
   <titlePart>Autumn Haze</titlePart>
  </docTitle>
 </front>
 <body>
  <l>Is it a dragonfly or a maple leaf</l>
  <l>That settles softly down upon the water?</l>
 </body>
</text>
Example

The body of a text may be replaced by a group of nested texts, as in the following schematic:

<text>
 <front>
<!-- front matter for the whole group -->
 </front>
 <group>
  <text>
<!-- first text -->
  </text>
  <text>
<!-- second text -->
  </text>
 </group>
</text>
Content model
<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   minOccurs="0maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <elementRef key="front"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    minOccurs="0maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

  </sequence>
  <alternate>
   <elementRef key="body"/>
   <elementRef key="group"/>
  </alternate>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   minOccurs="0maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <elementRef key="back"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    minOccurs="0maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element text
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   (
      tei_model.global*,
      ( tei_front, tei_model.global* )?,
      ( tei_body | tei_group ),
      tei_model.global*,
      ( tei_back, tei_model.global* )?
   )
}