<p>

Paragraph

Definition

A textual unit or block; a textual paragraph

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

content-type Type of Content
id Identifier
xml:lang Language

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  p            (#PCDATA %p-elements;)*                      >

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<abstract> Abstract; <ack> Acknowledgments; <annotation> Annotation in a Citation; <app> Appendix; <app-group> Appendix Matter; <author-comment> Author Comment; <bio> Biography; <body> Body of the Article; <boxed-text> Boxed Text; <caption> Caption of a Figure, Table, Etc.; <def> Definition List: Definition; <disp-quote> Quote, Displayed; <fig> Figure; <fn> Footnote; <gloss-group> Glossary Group; <glossary> Glossary Elements List; <license> License Information; <list-item> List Item; <note> Note in a Reference List; <notes> Notes; <ref-list> Reference List (Bibliographic Reference List); <sec> Section; <speech> Speech; <statement> Statement, Formal; <supplementary-material> Supplementary Material; <table-wrap-foot> Table Wrapper Footer; <trans-abstract> Translated Abstract

Tagged Example


<article>
<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. Although there is
considerable descriptive literature on day hospital care,<xref ref-type="bibr"
rid="B1">1</xref> concern has been expressed that evidence for effectiveness is
equivocal and that day hospital care is expensive.<xref ref-type="bibr"
rid="B2">2</xref> We therefore undertook a systematic review of the randomised
trials of day hospital care.</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> 


Module

para.ent