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<section> Section

A major division or subdivision of the text.

Usage/Remarks

Display/Formatting Note
No label (such as a number) is generated to precede a section title. If labeled sections are desired (which is not recommended), the label must be included as part of the title. Using labeled sections titles, however, may create display issues for cross-references to sections.
Typically, no @xreflabel is present. A cross-reference (<xref>) to a section will display the generated word “section” and, in generated quotation marks, the section title. If needed, brackets or other types of punctuation to enclose the entire cross-reference must be present in the narrative text.
If an @xreflabel exists, an <xref> to the section will display only the @xreflabel value as the text of the cross-reference; punctuation to enclose the cross-reference must be present in the narrative text.
Attributes
xml:id
xreflabel
Models and Context
May be contained in
<appendix>, <article>, <section>
Description
The following, in order:
Expanded Content Model

(title, subtitle?, (blockquote | equation | figure | informaltable | itemizedlist | mediaobject | note | orderedlist | para | programlisting | table | variablelist)*, section*)

Tagged Sample

Section with recursive sub-sections

...
  <section xml:id="mul2">
    <title>Securing a Permanent Colony in the Claimed Lands</title>
    <para>With land claimed in the New World, an expedition was mounted to establish a settlement.
      The first expedition failed. ...</para>
    ...
  </section>
  <section xml:id="mul3">
    <title>Native Inhabitants of the New World</title>
    <para>Upon establishing the Roanoke colony, the settlers ...</para>
  </section>
  <section xml:id="mul4">
    <title>Native Plants and Wildlife</title>
    <para>... The settlers discovered that while some roots could be eaten much in 
      appearance as they were dug, others had to be boiled before use as a foodstuff. 
      As more fully described below, other plants included beans, and several crops 
      previously unknown to the Europeans: 
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para><quote>macocqwer</quote> (gourds),</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><quote>melden</quote> (an herb),</para>
        </listitem>
       <listitem>
          <para><quote>planta solis</quote> (sunflower &#8212; used in a type of bread, 
            as well as for broth),</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>peas (powdered in a mortar), and</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>potatoes.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    <section xml:id="mul4-1">
      <title>Gourds</title>
      <para>The native people grew a variety of large broad-leafed, ground-covering vines 
        which produced what they called <quote>macocqwer</quote> or gourds. (<emphasis 
        role="ital">See</emphasis> <xref linkend="mul-fig1"/>.) Varying in color 
        among shades of green, yellow, and orange, these gourds served a number of functions, 
        not chief of which was as a food source. ...</para>
      ...
    </section>
    ...
  </section>
  ...
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