<div>

(division) – Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
2.1.4 General Text Structure Elements, 3.6.5 Work History, 9.1.1 Organizing Text into Divisions, 9.1.2.1 Front Matter, 9.2.1 Paragraphs
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
class, copyof, corresp, decls, facs, follows, label, n, next, precedes, prev, resp, sameas, synch, translit, type, xml:base, xml:id, xml:lang
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.classed@class
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
<div>att.linking@copyof
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@corresp
decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.metadataPointing@decls
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.facsimile@facs
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@follows
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.
<div>att.labelled@label
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
<div>att.nNumberLike@n
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@next
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@precedes
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@prev
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.responsibility@resp
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@sameas
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>att.linking@synch
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
<div>att.lang@translit
type(optional)Characterizes the textual division in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "abstract" (A summary of the content of a text as continuous prose.), "ack" (A formal declaration of acknowledgment by the author in which persons and institutions are thanked for their part in the creation of a text.), "appendix" (An ancillary self-contained section of a work, often providing additional but in some sense extra-canonical text.), "bibliography" (A list of bibliographic citations.), "colophon" (A statement appearing at the end of a book describing the conditions of its physical production.), "contents" (A table of contents, specifying the structure of a work and listing its constituents. The list element should be used to mark its structure.), "dedication" (A formal offering or dedication of a text to one or more persons or institutions by the author.), "frontispiece" (A pictorial frontispiece, possibly including some text.), "glossary" (A list of terms associated with definition texts (‘glosses’).), "half-title" (A page containing only the title of a book — as opposed to the title page, which also lists subtitle, author, imprint and similar data.), "index" (Any form of index to the work.), "annotations" (A section in which annotations on the text are gathered together.), "preface" (A foreword or preface addressed to the reader in which the author or publisher explains the content, purpose, or origin of the text.)
<div>direct children@type
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
<div>att.basic@xml:base
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.
<div>att.basicatt.id@xml:id
xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value. Value is a language.
<div>att.lang@xml:lang
type(optional)Characterizes the textual division in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "abstract" (A summary of the content of a text as continuous prose.), "ack" (A formal declaration of acknowledgment by the author in which persons and institutions are thanked for their part in the creation of a text.), "appendix" (An ancillary self-contained section of a work, often providing additional but in some sense extra-canonical text.), "bibliography" (A list of bibliographic citations.), "colophon" (A statement appearing at the end of a book describing the conditions of its physical production.), "contents" (A table of contents, specifying the structure of a work and listing its constituents. The list element should be used to mark its structure.), "dedication" (A formal offering or dedication of a text to one or more persons or institutions by the author.), "frontispiece" (A pictorial frontispiece, possibly including some text.), "glossary" (A list of terms associated with definition texts (‘glosses’).), "half-title" (A page containing only the title of a book — as opposed to the title page, which also lists subtitle, author, imprint and similar data.), "index" (Any form of index to the work.), "annotations" (A section in which annotations on the text are gathered together.), "preface" (A foreword or preface addressed to the reader in which the author or publisher explains the content, purpose, or origin of the text.)
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared)
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.
(MEI.shared) Language attributes common to text elements.
xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value. Value is a language.
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Provides attributes for elements which may be associated with particular contextual elements within the header.
decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
Facsimile component declarations.
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
type(optional)Characterizes the textual division in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "abstract" (A summary of the content of a text as continuous prose.), "ack" (A formal declaration of acknowledgment by the author in which persons and institutions are thanked for their part in the creation of a text.), "appendix" (An ancillary self-contained section of a work, often providing additional but in some sense extra-canonical text.), "bibliography" (A list of bibliographic citations.), "colophon" (A statement appearing at the end of a book describing the conditions of its physical production.), "contents" (A table of contents, specifying the structure of a work and listing its constituents. The list element should be used to mark its structure.), "dedication" (A formal offering or dedication of a text to one or more persons or institutions by the author.), "frontispiece" (A pictorial frontispiece, possibly including some text.), "glossary" (A list of terms associated with definition texts (‘glosses’).), "half-title" (A page containing only the title of a book — as opposed to the title page, which also lists subtitle, author, imprint and similar data.), "index" (Any form of index to the work.), "annotations" (A section in which annotations on the text are gathered together.), "preface" (A foreword or preface addressed to the reader in which the author or publisher explains the content, purpose, or origin of the text.)
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.
xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value. Value is a language.
Member of
model.divLikeGroups elements used to represent generic structural divisions of text.
Contained By
(MEI.text) Groups elements used to represent generic structural divisions of text.
abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
addMarks an addition to the text.
backContains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main body of a musical text.
bodyContains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.
corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.
delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
divMajor structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.
frontBundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
historyProvides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the circumstances of its creation.
lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
origContains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
partAn alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular performer (or group of performers).
rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.
regContains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
scoreFull score view of the musical content.
sectionSegment of music data.
sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
syllableNeume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
Critical apparatus component declarations.
lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
addMarks an addition to the text.
corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.
delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.
origContains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
regContains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
Metadata header component declarations.
historyProvides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the circumstances of its creation.
Neume repertoire component declarations.
syllableNeume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
bodyContains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.
divMajor structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
partAn alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular performer (or group of performers).
scoreFull score view of the musical content.
sectionSegment of music data.
Text component declarations.
backContains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main body of a musical text.
frontBundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
May Contain
spContains an individual speech in a performance text.
(MEI.figtable) Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
figGroups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements used to provide a heading at the start of a text division or other markup component.
headContains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
(MEI.shared) Groups milestone-style elements found in text.
cbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
colLayoutAn empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar layout.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that function like line beginnings.
lbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
(MEI.shared) Groups page beginning-like elements.
pbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
(MEI.shared) Groups block-level text elements.
(MEI.figtable) Groups table-like elements.
tableContains text displayed in tabular form.
(MEI.shared) Groups paragraph-like elements.
pOne or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
(MEI.text) Groups elements that have a line-grouping function.
lgMay be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
(MEI.text) Groups list-like elements.
biblListList of bibliographic references.
castListContains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
eventListContains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
listA formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
(MEI.text) Groups elements used to directly contain quotations.
quoteContains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
(MEI.text) Groups elements used to represent generic structural divisions of text.
divMajor structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
Dramatic text component declarations.
spContains an individual speech in a performance text.
Figures and tables component declarations.
figGroups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
tableContains text displayed in tabular form.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
biblListList of bibliographic references.
castListContains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
cbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
colLayoutAn empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar layout.
divMajor structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
eventListContains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
headContains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
lbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
lgMay be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
pOne or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
pbAn empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
Text component declarations.
listA formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
quoteContains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
Remarks

Often, the head sub-element identifies the div’s purpose. The model of this element is based on the div element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

Declaration
<elementSpec ident="div" module="MEI.shared">
<gloss versionDate="2022-05-18" xml:lang="en">division</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.basic"/>
<memberOf key="att.classed"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.labelled"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.linking"/>
<memberOf key="att.metadataPointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.nNumberLike"/>
<memberOf key="att.responsibility"/>
<memberOf key="model.divLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:ref name="model.headLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.milestoneLike.text"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.figureLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.textComponentLike"/>
<rng:ref name="sp"/>
</rng:choice>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:ref name="model.milestoneLike.text"/>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<attList>
<attDef ident="type" usage="opt">
<desc xml:lang="en">Characterizes the textual division in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="NMTOKENS"/>
</datatype>
<valList type="semi">
<valItem ident="abstract">
<desc xml:lang="en">A summary of the content of a text as continuous prose.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="ack">
<desc xml:lang="en">A formal declaration of acknowledgment by the author in which persons and institutions are thanked for their part in the creation of a text.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="appendix">
<desc xml:lang="en">An ancillary self-contained section of a work, often providing additional but in some sense extra-canonical text.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="bibliography">
<desc xml:lang="en">A list of bibliographic citations.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="colophon">
<desc xml:lang="en">A statement appearing at the end of a book describing the conditions of its physical production.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="contents">
<desc xml:lang="en">A table of contents, specifying the structure of a work and listing its constituents. The list element should be used to mark its structure.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="dedication">
<desc xml:lang="en">A formal offering or dedication of a text to one or more persons or institutions by the author.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="frontispiece">
<desc xml:lang="en">A pictorial frontispiece, possibly including some text.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="glossary">
<desc xml:lang="en">A list of terms associated with definition texts (‘glosses’).</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="half-title">
<desc xml:lang="en">A page containing only the title of a book — as opposed to the title page, which also lists subtitle, author, imprint and similar data.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="index">
<desc xml:lang="en">Any form of index to the work.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="annotations">
<desc xml:lang="en">A section in which annotations on the text are gathered together.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="preface">
<desc xml:lang="en">A foreword or preface addressed to the reader in which the author or publisher explains the content, purpose, or origin of the text.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>Often, the <gi scheme="MEI">head</gi> sub-element identifies the <gi scheme="MEI">div</gi>’s purpose. The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-div.html">div</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
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