<front>

<front> (正文前資訊) 包含位於文件最前端、正文之前的項目 (標頭、題名頁、前言、獻詞等) 。 [4.6 Title Pages 4 Default Text Structure]
組件textstructure — Default Text Structure
屬性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.global.source (@source)) att.declaring (@decls)
可包含在於
textstructure: floatingText text
transcr: facsimile
可包含
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: cb divGen gap gb head index lb listBibl meeting milestone note noteGrp p pb
drama: castList epilogue performance prologue set
figures: figure notatedMusic
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: ab alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
textcrit: app witDetail
textstructure: argument byline closer dateline div div1 docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph postscript salute signed titlePage titlePart trailer
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw listTranspose metamark space substJoin
註

Because cultural conventions differ as to which elements are grouped as front matter and which as back matter, the content models for the front and back elements are identical.

例子
<front>
 <epigraph>
  <quote>小燕子其實也無所愛，只是沉浸在朦朧而飄忽的夏夜夢里罷了。 </quote>
 </epigraph>
 <div type="dedication">
  <p>《憶》第三十五首</p>
 </div>
</front>
例子
<front>
 <div type="dedication">
  <p>聲明啟事</p>
 </div>
 <div type="preface">
  <head>作者聲明</head>
  <p>書中所有情節內容皆為虛構，若有雷同，純屬巧合。</p>
 </div>
</front>
Content model
<content>
 <sequence>
  <alternate minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.frontPart"/>
   <classRef key="model.pLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.pLike.front"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"/>
  </alternate>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <alternate>
    <sequence>
     <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
     <alternate minOccurs="0"
      maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
      <classRef key="model.frontPart"/>
      <classRef key="model.global"/>
     </alternate>
    </sequence>
    <sequence>
     <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
     <alternate minOccurs="0"
      maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
      <classRef key="model.frontPart"/>
      <classRef key="model.global"/>
     </alternate>
    </sequence>
   </alternate>
   <sequence minOccurs="0">
    <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
    <alternate minOccurs="0"
     maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
     <classRef key="model.global"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>
宣告
<rng:element name="front">
 <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.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.frontPart"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike.front"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:group>
      <rng:ref name="model.div1Like"/>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
       <rng:choice>
        <rng:ref name="model.div1Like"/>
        <rng:ref name="model.frontPart"/>
        <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
       </rng:choice>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
     </rng:group>
     <rng:group>
      <rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
       <rng:choice>
        <rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
        <rng:ref name="model.frontPart"/>
        <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
       </rng:choice>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
     </rng:group>
    </rng:choice>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:group>
      <rng:ref name="model.divBottom"/>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
       <rng:choice>
        <rng:ref name="model.divBottom"/>
        <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
       </rng:choice>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
     </rng:group>
    </rng:optional>
   </rng:group>
  </rng:optional>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element front
{
   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.global.source.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   (
      ( model.frontPart | model.pLike | model.pLike.front | model.global )*,
      (
         (
            (
               model.div1Like,
               ( model.div1Like | model.frontPart | model.global )*
            )
          | (
               model.divLike,
               ( model.divLike | model.frontPart | model.global )*
            )
         ),
         ( model.divBottom, ( model.divBottom | model.global )* )?
      )?
   )
}