| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <body>

`<body>` | (text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from declaring
Example |
Module | Declared in file teistr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class | declaring
May contain | ab addSpan alt altGrp anchor argument bibl biblFull biblStruct byline camera caption castList cb certainty cit closer dateline delSpan div div0 div1 divGen docAuthor docDate eTree entry entryFree epigraph event fLib fs fsLib fvLib gap graph head index interp interpGrp join joinGrp kinesic l label lb lg lg1 lg2 lg3 lg4 lg5 link linkGrp list listBibl milestone move note opener p pause pb q quote respons salute shift signed sound sp span spanGrp stage superEntry tech termEntry timeline trailer tree u view vocal witDetail witList writing
May occur within | text
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT body %om.RO; ( (%m.divtop; | %m.Incl;)*,
              ( (  ((%component;), (%m.Incl;)*)+,
                   ((divGen, (%m.Incl;)*)*,
                      ( (div,   (div|divGen|%m.Incl;)*) |
                        (div0, (div0|divGen|%m.Incl;)*) |
                        (div1, (div1|divGen|%m.Incl;)*)
                      )? ))
                  | ((divGen, (%m.Incl;)*)*,
                    ((div,   (div|divGen|%m.Incl;)*) |
                     (div0, (div0|divGen|%m.Incl;)*) |
                     (div1, (div1|divGen|%m.Incl;)*)
                 ))), ((%m.divbot;), (%m.Incl;)*)* )>
    <!ATTLIST body
          %a.global;
          %a.declaring;>
See further | 7 Default Text Structure; 13.4 Overall Structure of Terminological Documents

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