<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

Base Attributes

Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
Any combination of:
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 | serif | 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 | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | explanation | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | name-address-wrap | 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 | award-id | funding-source | open-access | def-list | list | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group)*

Tagged Samples
Inside body sections
...
<sec id="bid.39">
 <title>Third Party Annotation (TPA) Sequence Database</title>
 <p>The vast amount of publicly available data from 
  the human genome project and other genome sequencing 
  efforts is ...</p>
 <p>All sequences in the TPA database are derived from 
  ...</p>
</sec>
...
Before chapter body sections
...
<book-body>
 <book-part book-part-type="chapter">
  ...
  <body>
   <p content-type="disclaimer"><italic>The information
    and/or opinions expressed in this chapter are those of
    the author(s). They are neither endorsed nor disputed
    by the Pharma-Physician Coalition.  Questions about
    or comments on this chapter&rsquo;s content should be
    directed to the corresponding author.</italic></p>
   <sec>...</sec>
   ...
  </body>
 </book-part>
 ...
</book-body>
...
@content-type names semantics/role
... 
<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>
 ...
</body>
...