<text>

<text> 包含一份任何種類的文本，無論是單一或複合的，例如詩詞或戲劇、散文集、小說、字典、或是文集範例。 4 Default Text Structure 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text
組件textstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
屬性 att.declaring (@decls) att.typed (@type, @subtype)
屬於
TEI group
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty respons
core: cb gap index lb milestone note pb
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
textcrit: witDetail
textstructure: back body front group
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw space
宣告

<rng:element name="text">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
<rng:group>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:ref name="front"/>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:ref name="body"/>
  <rng:ref name="group"/>
 </rng:choice>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:ref name="back"/>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:optional>
</rng:group>
</rng:element>
element text
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   (
      model.global*,
      ( front, model.global* )?,
      ( body | group ),
      model.global*,
      ( back, model.global* )?
   )
}
例子
<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>
例子

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

<text>
 <front/>
 <group>
  <text>
   <front/>
   <body/>
   <back/>
  </text>
  <text/>
 </group>
</text>