<opener>
| <opener> (opener) groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. [4.2 Elements Common to All Divisions] | |
| Module | textstructure — Default Text Structure | 
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                      core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice corr date del distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q ref reg rs ruby sic soCalled term time title unclear unit 
                        
                        figures: figure formula notatedMusic 
                        gaiji: g 
                        header: idno 
                        
                        
                        msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width 
                        namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait 
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo 
                        
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| Example | 
                      <opener> 
                  <dateline> <name type="place">Great Marlborough Street</name> <date>November 11, 1848</date> </dateline> <salute>My dear Sir,</salute> </opener> <p>I am sorry to say that absence from town and other circumstances have prevented me from earlier enquiring...</p>  | 
               
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                     <content>  | 
               
| Schema Declaration | 
                     <rng:element name="opener"> element opener { att.global.attributes, att.global.analytic.attributes, att.global.change.attributes, att.global.facs.attributes, att.global.linking.attributes, att.global.rendition.attributes, att.global.responsibility.attributes, att.global.source.attributes, att.cmc.attributes, att.written.attributes, ( text | model.gLike | model.phrase | argument | byline | dateline | epigraph | salute | signed | model.global )* }  |