<opener>

<opener> groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. 4.2.4 Content of Textual Divisions 4.2 Elements Common to All Divisions
Moduletextstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
AttributesGlobal attributes only
Used by
model.divTopPart
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty respons
core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice corr date del distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr ref reg rs sic soCalled term time title unclear
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
figures: formula
gaiji: g
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dimensions height heraldry locus material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident specDesc specList tag val
textcrit: app witDetail
textstructure: argument byline dateline epigraph salute signed
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration

<rng:element name="opener">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:text/>
  <rng:ref name="model.gLike"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.phrase"/>
<!-- shd be class ref -->
  <rng:ref name="argument"/>
  <rng:ref name="byline"/>
  <rng:ref name="dateline"/>
  <rng:ref name="epigraph"/>
  <rng:ref name="salute"/>
  <rng:ref name="signed"/>
  <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element opener
{
   att.global.attributes,
   (
      text
    | model.gLike
    | model.phrase
    | argument
    | byline
    | dateline
    | epigraph
    | salute
    | signed
    | model.global
   )*
}
Example
<opener>
 <dateline>Walden, this 29. of August 1592</dateline>
</opener>
Example
<opener>
 <dateline>
  <name type="place">Great Marlborough Street</name>
  <date>November 11, 1848</date>
 </dateline>
 <salute>My dear Sir,</salute>
</opener>
<p>I am sorry to say that absence from town and other
circumstances have prevented me from earlier enquiring...</p>