<body>

<body> (cuerpo del texto) contiene el cuerpo completo de un texto unitario, excluyendo los eventuales añadidos paratextuales (prólogos, dedicatorias, apéndices, etc.) al inicio o fin de un texto. [4 Default Text Structure]
Módulo textstructure — Default Text Structure
Atributos
Contenido en
textstructure: floatingText text
Puede contener
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
cmc: post
core: bibl biblStruct cb cit desc divGen ellipsis gap gb head index l label lb lg list listBibl meeting milestone note noteGrp p pb q quote said sp stage
dictionaries: entry entryFree superEntry
drama: camera caption castList move sound spGrp tech view
figures: figure notatedMusic table
header: biblFull
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: ab alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation
nets: eTree forest graph listForest tree
spoken: annotationBlock incident kinesic pause shift u vocal writing
tagdocs: classSpec constraintSpec dataSpec eg egXML elementSpec macroSpec moduleSpec outputRendition schemaSpec specGrp specGrpRef
textcrit: app listApp listWit witDetail
textstructure: argument byline closer dateline div div1 docAuthor docDate epigraph floatingText opener postscript salute signed trailer
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw listTranspose metamark space substJoin
Ejemplo
<body>
 <l>Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard</l>
 <l>metudæs maecti end his modgidanc</l>
 <l>uerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuaes</l>
 <l>eci dryctin or astelidæ</l>
 <l>he aerist scop aelda barnum</l>
 <l>heben til hrofe haleg scepen.</l>
 <l>tha middungeard moncynnæs uard</l>
 <l>eci dryctin æfter tiadæ</l>
 <l>firum foldu frea allmectig</l>
 <trailer>primo cantauit Cædmon istud carmen.</trailer>
</body>
Content model 
<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   <alternate minOccurs="0"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <classRef key="model.global"/>
    <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   </alternate>
  </sequence>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
   <alternate minOccurs="0"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <classRef key="model.global"/>
    <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
   </alternate>
  </sequence>
  <alternate>
   <sequence minOccurs="1"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
    <alternate minOccurs="0"
     maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <classRef key="model.global"/>
     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
   <sequence minOccurs="1"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
    <alternate minOccurs="0"
     maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <classRef key="model.global"/>
     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
   <sequence>
    <sequence minOccurs="1"
     maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
      <elementRef key="schemaSpec"/>
      <classRef key="model.common"/>
     </alternate>
     <classRef key="model.global"
      minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </sequence>
    <alternate minOccurs="0">
     <sequence minOccurs="1"
      maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
      <alternate minOccurs="0"
       maxOccurs="unbounded">
       <classRef key="model.global"/>
       <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
      </alternate>
     </sequence>
     <sequence minOccurs="1"
      maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
      <alternate minOccurs="0"
       maxOccurs="unbounded">
       <classRef key="model.global"/>
       <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
      </alternate>
     </sequence>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
  </alternate>
  <sequence minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>
Declaración 
<rng:element name="body">
 <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:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="model.divTop"/>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:choice>
      <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
      <rng:ref name="model.divTop"/>
     </rng:choice>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:optional>
  </rng:group>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:choice>
      <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
      <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
     </rng:choice>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:optional>
  </rng:group>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
     <rng:zeroOrMore>
      <rng:choice>
       <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
       <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
      </rng:choice>
     </rng:zeroOrMore>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:group>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.div1Like"/>
     <rng:zeroOrMore>
      <rng:choice>
       <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
       <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
      </rng:choice>
     </rng:zeroOrMore>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:group>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:group>
     <rng:oneOrMore>
      <rng:choice>
       <rng:ref name="schemaSpec"/>
       <rng:ref name="model.common"/>
      </rng:choice>
      <rng:zeroOrMore>
       <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
      </rng:zeroOrMore>
     </rng:oneOrMore>
    </rng:group>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:choice>
      <rng:group>
       <rng:oneOrMore>
        <rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
        <rng:zeroOrMore>
         <rng:choice>
          <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
          <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
         </rng:choice>
        </rng:zeroOrMore>
       </rng:oneOrMore>
      </rng:group>
      <rng:group>
       <rng:oneOrMore>
        <rng:ref name="model.div1Like"/>
        <rng:zeroOrMore>
         <rng:choice>
          <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
          <rng:ref name="model.divGenLike"/>
         </rng:choice>
        </rng:zeroOrMore>
       </rng:oneOrMore>
      </rng:group>
     </rng:choice>
    </rng:optional>
   </rng:group>
  </rng:choice>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.divBottom"/>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element body
{
   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.global*,
      ( ( model.divTop, ( model.global | model.divTop )* )? ),
      ( ( model.divGenLike, ( model.global | model.divGenLike )* )? ),
      (
         ( ( model.divLike, ( model.global | model.divGenLike )* )+ )
       | ( ( model.div1Like, ( model.global | model.divGenLike )* )+ )
       | (
            ( ( ( schemaSpec | model.common ), model.global* )+ ),
            (
               ( ( model.divLike, ( model.global | model.divGenLike )* )+ )
             | ( ( model.div1Like, ( model.global | model.divGenLike )* )+ )
            )?
         )
      ),
      ( ( model.divBottom, model.global* )* )
   )
}