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<text> ひとつのテキストを示す．単体でも複合体でもよい．例えば，詩，舞台芸術， 随筆，小説，辞書，コーパスなど． [4 Default Text Structure 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text]
モジュールtextstructure — Default Text Structure
属性att.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)
上位
textstructure: TEI group
下位
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: cb gap gb index lb 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: back body front group
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw listTranspose metamark space substJoin
宣言

<rng:element name="text">
 <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: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.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.global*,
      ( front, model.global* )?,
      ( body | group ),
      model.global*,
      ( back, model.global* )?
   )
}
例
<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

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>
解説

当該要素は，別の構造中，例えば引用された語りの任意の場所に挿入され るテキストを示すためには使うべきではない．この場合は，要素 floatingTextが使われる．