<floatingText>

<floatingText> contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, which interrupts the text containing it at any point and after which the surrounding text resumes. [4.3.2 Floating Texts]
Moduletextstructure — Default Text Structure
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.declaring (@decls) att.typed (@type, @subtype)
Member of
Contained by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="floatingText">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.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 floatingText
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   (
      model.global*,
      ( front, model.global* )?,
      ( body | group ),
      model.global*,
      ( back, model.global* )?
   )
}
Example
<body>
 <div type="scene">
  <sp>
   <p>Hush, the players begin...</p>
  </sp>
  <floatingText type="pwp">
   <body>
    <div type="act">
     <sp>
      <l>In Athens our tale takes place ....</l>
     </sp>
<!-- ... rest of nested act here -->
    </div>
   </body>
  </floatingText>
  <sp>
   <p>Now that the play is finished ...</p>
  </sp>
 </div>
</body>
Note

A floating text has the same content as any other and may thus be interrupted by another floating text, or contain a group of tesselated texts.