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<p> Paragraph
Textual unit or block; a textual paragraph.
Usage/Remarks
This element does not have to be a well-formed paragraph as defined in high school
English class, i.e., “a block of text representing a single idea, typographically
differentiated from its neighbors”. Rather, the element <p> is a block (as opposed to inline) structural unit which may be only a few words in
length.
Attributes
Multi-lang Attributes
Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <annotation>, <answer>, <answer-set>, <app>, <app-group>, <author-comment>, <author-notes>, <bio>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <caption>, <def>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <fig>, <fn>, <glossary>, <legend>, <list-item>, <note>, <notes>, <open-access>, <option>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <speech>, <statement>, <supplementary-material>, <support-description>, <table-wrap-foot>, <td>, <th>, <trans-abstract>
Description
Any combination of:
- Text, numbers, or special characters
- Linking Elements
- Related Material Elements
- <hr> Horizontal Rule
- Emphasis Elements
- <bold> Bold
- <fixed-case> Fixed Case
- <italic> Italic
- <monospace> Monospace Text (Typewriter Text)
- <overline> Overline
- <overline-start> Overline Start
- <overline-end> Overline End
- <roman> Roman
- <sans-serif> Sans Serif
- <sc> Small Caps
- <strike> Strike Through
- <underline> Underline
- <underline-start> Underline Start
- <underline-end> Underline End
- <ruby> Ruby Annotation Wrapper
- <alternatives> Alternatives For Processing
- Inline Display Elements
- Inline Math Elements
- Math Elements
- Other Inline Elements
- Internal Linking Elements
- Baseline Change Elements
- <x> X - Generated Text and Punctuation
- Paragraph-level Display Elements
- <address> Address/Contact Information
- <answer> Answer to a Question
- <answer-set> Answer Set
- <array> Array (Simple Tabulation)
- <block-alternatives> Block-level Alternatives
- <boxed-text> Boxed Text
- <chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper
- <code> Code
- <explanation> Explanation
- <fig> Figure
- <fig-group> Figure Group
- <graphic> Graphic
- <media> Media Object
- <preformat> Preformatted Text
- <question> Question
- <question-wrap> Question Wrapper
- <question-wrap-group> Question Wrapper Group
- <supplementary-material> Supplementary Material Metadata
- <table-wrap> Table Wrapper
- <table-wrap-group> Table Wrapper Group
- <disp-formula> Formula, Display
- <disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group
- Citation Elements
- <award-desc> Award Description
- <award-id> Award Identifier
- <award-name> Award Name
- <funding-source> Funding Source
- <open-access> Open Access
- <support-source> Support Source
- Lists
- <ack> Acknowledgments
- <disp-quote> Quote, Displayed
- <speech> Speech
- <statement> Statement, Formal
- <verse-group> Verse Form for Poetry
Content Model
<!ELEMENT p (#PCDATA %p-elements;)* >
Expanded Content Model
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | address | answer | answer-set | array | block-alternatives | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | explanation | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | preformat | question | question-wrap | question-wrap-group | supplementary-material | table-wrap | table-wrap-group | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | citation-alternatives | element-citation | mixed-citation | nlm-citation | award-desc | award-id | award-name | funding-source | open-access | support-source | def-list | list | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group)*
Tagged Samples
Inside body sections
<article dtd-version="1.4"> <front>...</front> <body> <sec sec-type="intro"> <title>Introduction</title> <p>Geriatric day hospitals developed rapidly in the United Kingdom in the 1960s as an important component of care provision. The model has since been widely applied in several Western countries. Day hospitals provide multidisciplinary assessment and rehabilitation in an outpatient setting and have a pivotal position between hospital and home based services. ...</p> </sec> <sec sec-type="methods"> <title>Methods</title> <p>The primary question addressed was ...</p> <sec> <title>Inclusion criteria</title> <p>We set out to identify all ...</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Search strategy</title> <p>We searched for ...</p> </sec> ... </sec> ... </body> ... </article>
Before body sections
...
<body>
<p content-type="disclaimer"><italic>The information
and/or opinions expressed in this Guest Editorial are
those of the author(s). They are neither endorsed nor
disputed by <roman>Prescribing Physician</roman> or
the Pharma-Physician Coalition. Questions about or
comments on this editorial’s content should be
directed to the corresponding author.</italic></p>
<sec>...</sec>
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</body>
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@content-type names semantics/role
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<body>
<p content-type="lead-paragraph">In the field of
<named-content content-type="sem:AIPTh1.2" rid="kwd1.10">complex
systems</named-content> study, new measurement and computational
resources have lead to increased interest ...</p>
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</body>
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