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

`<div>` | (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from declaring, divn
Example |
    <body>
      <div type="part"><head>Fallacies of Authority</head>
        <p>The subject of which is Authority in various shapes, and the
          object, to repress all exercise of the reasoning faculty.</p>
        <div n="1" type="chapter"><head>The Nature of Authority</head>
          <p>With reference to any proposed measures having for their
            object the greatest happiness of the greatest number....</p>
          <div n="1.1" type="section"><head>Analysis of Authority</head>
            <p>What on any given occasion is the legitimate weight or
              influence to be attached to authority ... </p>
          </div><!-- end of section 1.1 -->
          <div n="1.2" type="section">
            <head>Appeal to Authority, in What Cases Fallacious.</head>
            <p>Reference to authority is open to the charge of fallacy
              when... </p>
          </div><!-- end of section 1.2 -->
          <!-- other sections here -->
        </div><!-- end of chapter 1 -->
        <!-- other chapters here -->
      </div><!-- end of part A -->
      <!-- other parts here -->
    </body>
Module | Declared in file teistr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class | divn; declaring
Data Description | any sequence of low-level structural elements, possibly grouped into lower subdivisions.
May contain | ab addSpan alt altGrp anchor argument bibl biblFull biblStruct byline camera caption castList cb certainty cit closer dateline delSpan div divGen docAuthor docDate eTree entry entryFree epigraph event fLib figure fs fsLib fvLib fw 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 table tech termEntry timeline trailer tree u view vocal witDetail witList writing
May occur within | back body div front
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT div %om.RO; ( (%m.divtop; | %m.Incl; )*, (((div|divGen),
    (%m.Incl;)*)+ | ((%component;, (%m.Incl;)*)+,
                        ((div|divGen), (%m.Incl;)*)*)),
            		    ((%m.divbot;),(%m.Incl;)*)*)>
    <!ATTLIST div
          %a.global;
          %a.divn;
          %a.declaring;>
See further | 7.1 Divisions of the Body; 13.4 Overall Structure of Terminological Documents; 7.1.1 Un-numbered Divisions

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