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

`<ab>` | (anonymous block) contains any arbitrary component-level unit of text, acting as an anonymous container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the semantic baggage of, a paragraph.
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from chunk, typed)
`part` | specifies whether or not the block is complete.
| Datatype: (Y | N | I | M | F)
| Legal values are:
Y | the block is incomplete
N | either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness
I | the initial part of an incomplete block
M | a medial part of an incomplete block
F | the final part of an incomplete block
| Default: N
Note | The values I, M, or F should be used only where it is clear how the block is to be reconstituted.

Example

Note

The `<ab>` element may be used at the encoder's discretion to mark any component-level elements in a text for which no other more specific appropriate markup is defined.

Module Declared in file teilink2.dtd; Additional tag set for Linking and Segmentation: enabled by TEI.linking
Class chunk; typed
Data Description May contain anything which may appear within a paragraph.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within add argument body castList corr div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue item metDecl note performance prologue q quote set sic sp stage view
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT ab %om.RR;  %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST ab
          %a.global;
          %a.typed;
          part (Y | N | I | M | F) "N">

See further 14.3 Blocks, Segments and Anchors

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