<opener> groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter.
Attributes:
Example
<opener><dateline>Walden, this 29. of August 1592</dateline></opener>
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...
Note
Tagsetbase tag set for common core features
Classdivtop
Filenameteistr2
Parentsback body castList div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epilogue group lg performance prologue
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app argument att byline c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct dateline del distinct emph epigraph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s salute seg sic signed soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT opener        - O  (argument | byline | dateline | 
                             epigraph | salute | signed | 
                             %phrase.seq;)*                     >
<!ATTLIST opener             %a.global                          >
See 7.2.4 ; 7.2

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