<group>

<group> enthält den Kerntext eines aus mehreren Einzeltexten bestehenden Textes, (oder eine Reihe solcher Texte), die zusammen als Einheit gesehen werden, zum Beispiel die gesammelten Werke eines Autors, eine Reihe von Prosastücken etc. [4 Default Text Structure 4.3.1 Grouped Texts 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text]
Modultextstructure — Default Text Structure
Attributeatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.declaring (@decls) att.typed (@type, @subtype)
Enthalten in
textstructure: floatingText group text
Kann enthalten
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: cb gap gb head index lb meeting milestone note pb
figures: figure notatedMusic
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
textcrit: app witDetail
textstructure: argument byline closer dateline docAuthor docDate epigraph group opener postscript salute signed text trailer
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw listTranspose metamark space substJoin
Deklaration

<rng:element name="group">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.divTop"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="text"/>
    <rng:ref name="group"/>
   </rng:choice>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:ref name="text"/>
     <rng:ref name="group"/>
     <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
    </rng:choice>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.divBottom"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element group
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   (
      ( model.divTop | model.global )*,
      ( ( text | group ), ( text | group | model.global )* ),
      model.divBottom*
   )
}
Beispiel
<text>
<!-- Section on Alexander Pope starts -->
 <front>
<!-- biographical notice by editor -->
 </front>
 <group>
  <text>
<!-- first poem -->
  </text>
  <text>
<!-- second poem -->
  </text>
 </group>
</text>
<!-- end of Pope section-->