<text>

<text> contiene un unico testo di qualsiasi tipo, sia esso unitario o composito, per esempio un testo in versi o teatrale, una raccolta di saggi, un romanzo, un dizionario, o una porzione di corpus [4 Default Text Structure 15.1 Varieties of Composite Text]
Modulotextstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
Attributiatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.declaring (@decls) att.typed (@type, @subtype)
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Dichiarazione

<rng:element name="text">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.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.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="front"/>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:ref name="body"/>
   <rng:ref name="group"/>
  </rng:choice>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="back"/>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:optional>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element text
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   (
      model.global*,
      ( front, model.global* )?,
      ( body | group ),
      model.global*,
      ( back, model.global* )?
   )
}
Esempio
<text>
 <front>
  <docTitle>
   <titlePart>Autumn Haze</titlePart>
  </docTitle>
 </front>
 <body>
  <l>Is it a dragonfly or a maple leaf</l>
  <l>That settles softly down upon the water?</l>
 </body>
</text>
Esempio

The body of a text may be replaced by a group of nested texts, as in the following schematic:

<text>
 <front>
<!-- front matter for the whole group -->
 </front>
 <group>
  <text>
<!-- first text -->
  </text>
  <text>
<!-- second text -->
  </text>
 </group>
</text>