<abstract>

<abstract> contains a summary or formal abstract prefixed to an existing source document by the encoder. [2.4.4. Abstracts]
Module header
Attributes Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source))
Contained by
—
May contain
core: list listBibl p
figures: table
linking: ab
namesdates: listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace
Note
This element is intended only for cases where no abstract is available in the original source. Any abstract already present in the source document should be encoded as a div within the front, as it should for a born-digital document.
Examples

<profileDesc>
   <abstract resp="#LB">
      <p>Good database design involves the acquisition and deployment of
        skills which have a wider relevance to the educational process. From
        a set of more or less instinctive rules of thumb a formal discipline
        or "methodology" of database design has evolved. Applying that
        methodology can be of great benefit to a very wide range of academic
        subjects: it requires fundamental skills of abstraction and
        generalisation and it provides a simple mechanism whereby complex
        ideas and information structures can be represented and manipulated,
        even without the use of a computer. </p>
   </abstract>
</profileDesc>
Source Github

<elementSpec module="header" ident="abstract">
   <desc>contains a summary or formal
abstract prefixed to an existing source document by the encoder.</desc>
   <classes>
      <memberOf key="att.global"/>
   </classes>
   <content>
      <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
         <classRef key="model.pLike"/>
         <classRef key="model.listLike"/>
         <elementRef key="listBibl"/>
      </alternate>
   </content>
</elementSpec>