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In this section
You will find the different types of tags and what they stand for, segregated according to the sections listed below:
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| <Document> | Document element. The root element of a document’s tag tree. |
| <Part> | Part element. A large division of a document; may group smaller units of content together, such as division elements, article elements, or section elements. |
| <Div> | Division element. A generic block-level element or group of block-level elements. |
| <Art> | Article element. A self-contained body of text considered to be a single narrative. |
| <Sect> | Section element. A general container element type, comparable to Division (DIV Class=“Sect”) in HTML, which is usually a component of a part element or an article element. |
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| <H1> to <H6> | A heading (H) element should appear as the first child of any higher-level division. Six levels of headings (H1 to H6) are available for applications that don’t hierarchically nest sections. |
| <P> | Heading and paragraph elements are paragraph-like, block-level elements that include specific level heading and generic paragraph (P) tags |
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<L> | List element. Any sequence of items of similar meaning or other relevance; immediate child elements should be list item elements. |
| <LI> | List item element. Any one member of a list; may have a label element (optional) and a list body element (required) as a child. |
| <LBL> | Label element. A bullet, name, or number that identifies and distinguishes an element from others in the same list. |
| <LBody> | List item body element. The descriptive content of a list item. |
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<BlockQuote> | Block quote element. One or more paragraphs of text attributed to someone other than the author of the immediate surrounding text. |
| <Caption> | Caption element. A brief portion of text that describes a table or a figure. |
| <Index> | Index element. A sequence of entries that contain identifying text and reference elements that point out the occurrence of the text in the main body of the document. |
| <TOC> | Table of contents element. An element that contains a structured list of items and labels identifying those items; has its own discrete hierarchy. |
| <TOCI> | Table of contents item element. An item contained in a list associated with a table of contents element. |
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<Table> | Table element. A two-dimensional arrangement of data or text cells that contains table row elements as child elements and may have a caption element as its first or last child element. |
| <TR> | Table row element. One row of headings or data in a table; may contain table header cell elements and table data cell elements. |
| <TH> | Table header cell element. A table cell that contains header text or data describing one or more rows or columns of a table. |
| <TD> | Table data cell element. A table cell that contains nonheader data. |
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| <BibEntry> | Bibliography entry element. A description of where some cited information may be found. |
| <Quote> | Quote entry element. An inline portion of text that is attributed to someone other than the author of the text surrounding it; different from a block quote, which is a whole paragraph or multiple paragraphs, as opposed to inline text. |
| <Span> | Span entry element. Any inline segment of text; commonly used to delimit text that is associated with a set of styling properties. |
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| <Code> | Code entry element. Computer program text embedded within a document. |
| <Link> | Link entry element. A hyperlink that is embedded within a document. The target can be in the same document, in another PDF document, or on a website. |
| <Figure> | Figure entry element. A graphic or graphic representation associated with text. |
| <Form> | Form entry element. A PDF form annotation that can be or has been filled out. |
<Formula> | Formula entry element. A mathematical formula. |
| <Note> | Note entry element. Explanatory text or documentation, such as a footnote or endnote, that is referred to in the main body of text. |
| <Reference> | Reference entry element. A citation to text or data that is found elsewhere in the document. |