<body>

The body contains the main content of a topic.

Content model

(<audio> | <dl> | <div> | <example> | <fig> | <image> | <lines> | <lq> | <note> | <object> | <ol> | <p> | <pre> | <simpletable> | <sl> | <table> | <ul> | <video> | <data> | <draft-comment> | <foreign> | <required-cleanup> | <bodydiv> | <section>)*

Contained by

<topic>

Zero or more of the following

Contained by

Inheritance

- topic/body

The <body> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows a DITA topic that contains a title and a body:

<topic id="styleguide-bold">
  <title>Acme style guide: <xmlelement>b</xmlelement> element</title>
  <body>
    <p>Use the bold tag for visual emphasis only. Do not use it if another 
       phrase-level element better signifies the reason for the emphasis.
    </p>
  </body>
</topic>