<ab>

<ab> (anonymous block) contains any component-level unit of text, acting as a container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the same constraints as, a paragraph. [16.3. Blocks, Segments, and Anchors]
Module linking
Attributes Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source)) att.typed (type) att.written (hand)
Member of
macro.abContent model.pLike
Contained by
core: item note q quote
corpus: setting
figures: cell figure
header: abstract change correspAction correspContext correspDesc encodingDesc handNote prefixDef projectDesc publicationStmt sourceDesc
lim: NB compliment enclosure request
linking: ab
msdescription: additional custodialHist history msContents msDesc msItem msPart objectDesc origin physDesc summary supportDesc surrogates
namesdates: langKnowledge occupation
textstructure: body div epigraph front postscript
May contain
analysis: pc w
core: abbr add bibl biblStruct choice cit date del desc ellipsis emph foreign gap gloss graphic hi l label lb lg list listBibl mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs sic term time title unclear
figures: figure table
gaiji: g
header: idno
lim: noteMarker rule
linking: ab linkGrp
msdescription: locusGrp msDesc
namesdates: addName affiliation forename genName geo listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace location nameLink objectName orgName persName placeName roleName settlement surname
transcr: damage fw handShift subst supplied
character data
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. Unlike paragraphs, ab may nest and may use the type and subtype attributes.
Examples

<div type="book" n="Genesis">
   <div type="chapter" n="1">
      <ab>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.</ab>
      <ab>And the earth was without form, and void; and 
           darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the 
           spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.</ab>
      <ab>And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.</ab>
      <!-- ... -->
   </div>
</div>
Schematron

<sch:report test="(ancestor::tei:l or ancestor::tei:lg) and not( ancestor::tei:floatingText |parent::tei:figure |parent::tei:note )">Abstract model violation: Lines may not contain higher-level divisions such as p or ab, unless ab is a child of figure or note, or is a descendant of floatingText.</sch:report>
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<elementSpec module="linking" ident="ab">
   <gloss>anonymous block</gloss>
   <desc>contains any component-level unit of text, acting as a container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the same constraints as, a paragraph.</desc>
   <classes>
      <memberOf key="att.global"/>
      <memberOf key="model.pLike"/>
      <memberOf key="att.typed"/>
      <memberOf key="att.written"/>
   </classes>
   <content>
      <macroRef key="macro.abContent"/>
   </content>
</elementSpec>