12.1.57. <head>

<head> (heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section, or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc. [4.2.1. Headings and Trailers]
Module	core — Specification
Attributes	att.global @xml:id @n @xml:lang @xml:base att.global.analytic @ana att.global.change @change att.global.facs @facs att.global.linking @corresp @synch @sameAs @copyOf @next @prev @exclude @select att.global.rendition @rend @style @rendition att.global.responsibility @cert @resp att.global.source @source att.cmc @generatedBy att.placement @place att.typed @type @subtype att.written @hand
Member of	model.headLike model.pLike.front
Contained by	core: list listBibl figures: figure namesdates: place state trait textstructure: back body div front
May contain	analysis: c pc core: abbr bibl biblStruct cit date desc email expan graphic list listBibl name note quote ref ruby term title dictionaries: lang figures: figure gaiji: g header: idno linking: seg namesdates: affiliation forename orgName persName persPronouns placeName state surname trait tagdocs: ident transcr: metamark character data
Note	The <head> element is used for headings at all levels; software which treats (e.g.) chapter headings, section headings, and list titles differently must determine the proper processing of a <head> element based on its structural position. A <head> occurring as the first element of a list is the title of that list; one occurring as the first element of a <div1> is the title of that chapter or section.
Example	The most common use for the <head> element is to mark the headings of sections. In older writings, the headings or incipits may be rather longer than usual in modern works. If a section has an explicit ending as well as a heading, it should be marked as a <trailer>, as in this example: <div1 n="I" type="book"> <head>In the name of Christ here begins the first book of the ecclesiastical history of Georgius Florentinus, known as Gregory, Bishop of Tours.</head> <div2 type="section"> <head>In the name of Christ here begins Book I of the history.</head> <p>Proposing as I do ...</p> <p>From the Passion of our Lord until the death of Saint Martin four hundred and twelve years passed.</p> <trailer>Here ends the first Book, which covers five thousand, five hundred and ninety-six years from the beginning of the world down to the death of Saint Martin.</trailer> </div2> </div1>
Example	When headings are not inline with the running text (see e.g. the heading "Secunda conclusio") they might however be encoded as if. The actual placement in the source document can be captured with the place attribute. `<div type="subsection"> <head place="margin">Secunda conclusio</head> <p> <lb n="1251"/> <hi rend="large">Potencia: habitus: et actus: recipiunt speciem ab obiectis<supplied>.</supplied> </hi> <lb n="1252"/>Probatur sic. Omne importans necessariam habitudinem ad proprium [...] </p> </div>`
Example	The <head> element is also used to mark headings of other units, such as lists: `With a few exceptions, connectives are equally useful in all kinds of discourse: description, narration, exposition, argument. <list rend="bulleted"> <head>Connectives</head> <item>above</item> <item>accordingly</item> <item>across from</item> <item>adjacent to</item> <item>again</item> <item> <!-- ... --> </item> </list>`
Content model	<content> <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <textNode/> <elementRef key="lg"/> <classRef key="model.gLike"/> <classRef key="model.phrase"/> <classRef key="model.inter"/> <classRef key="model.lLike"/> <classRef key="model.global"/> </alternate> </content> ⚓
Schema Declaration	`element head { att.global.attributes, att.cmc.attributes, att.placement.attributes, att.typed.attributes, att.written.attributes, ( text \| lg \| model.gLike \| model.phrase \| model.inter \| model.lLike \| model.global )* }`⚓