Structure

Content

All CXML documents must have exactly one root element, although it may have sibling comments. For a job to run through Typefi, the root element must be <content>.

Note

Although CXML allows for an alternative root element of a Typefi Section (<section>), this use case was deprecated with the release of Typefi 8.

<content> has the following attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
xmlns:tps	http://www.typefi.com/ContentXML	Required. Declares the TPS namespace binding.
xmlns:xsi	http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance	Declares the XML Schema instance namespace binding.
xsi:schemaLocation	http://www.typefi.com/ContentXML http://www.typefi.com/TPS/content/3_4/ContentXML.xsd	Specifies the CXML schema document location for assessment and validation. Requires the @xmlns:xsi namespace binding above.
schemaVersion	string	Specifies the version of the CXML schema that the document is using. For example, “3.4”.
xml:lang	string	The language of the text. The string must be an ISO-639 two-letter code with an (optional) ISO-3166 two-letter country code. See ISO language names and codes .
whiteSpaceMode	strict preserve classic	Specifies how white space characters should be handled. For more information, see White space .
type	string	Deprecated. The default value is "book".
strictSpace	true false	Deprecated. Specifies whether white space characters are considered significant and preserved.

The root element is <content>:

<content xmlns:tps="http://www.typefi.com/ContentXML" 
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.typefi.com/ContentXML 
         http://www.typefi.com/TPS/content/3_4/ContentXML.xsd" 
 schemaVersion="3.4" 
 whiteSpaceMode="strict" 
 xml:lang="en-US">
  <section type="Cover">
    <p type="Title">Introduction</p>
  </section>
</content>

Typefi Sections

The <section> element inserts a Typefi Section into your document. A Typefi Section is a top-level sectioning element in the root content (<content>) element. No content can appear outside of a Typefi Section.

New in CXML 3.4

<section> now supports @author and @dateTime.

<section> has the following ten attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
type	string	Required. Specifies the type of the Typefi Section. The type must correspond to a Typefi Section created in Typefi Designer.
id	string	The unique ID of the Typefi Section.  NEW  The @id attribute is now optional. It was required in CXML 3.1.
condition	string	The name of the condition; for more information, see Conditions .
xml:lang	string	The language of the text. The string must be an ISO-639 two-letter code with an (optional) ISO-3166 two-letter country code. See ISO language names and codes.
whiteSpaceMode	strict preserve classic	Specifies how white space characters should be handled. For more information, see White Space.
startPageNumber	integer	Specifies the starting page number of the Typefi Section.
continuePageNumbering	true false	Specifies whether the page numbering is continued from a previous Typefi Section.
status	added changed deleted	Indicates the modification status of the Typefi Section.
author NEW	string	The author of the tracked change.
dateTime NEW	ISO 8601 dateTime string	The date and time of the tracked change (2024-01-09T14:37:00Z).

A Typefi Section containing a Typefi Element (<context>):

<section type="Movie">
  <context type="The Holy Grail">
    <p type="Introduction">It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the Castle of Camelot.</p>
  </context>
</section>