Description
This element contains the salutation text at the start of a written letter.
<letter>
  <salutation>Dear sir,</salutation>
  ...
</letter>
Parent Elements
The elements listed below may directly contain this element. They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.
Parent elements: <letter>
Model Diagram
The DTD model for this element:
--+(choice of TEXT with elements repeated) 
  |  
  |-- sub  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  
  |-- sup  -- (TEXT and elements)
DTD Definition
The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions (note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):
<!ELEMENT salutation                     (#PCDATA | sub | sup)*>
<!ATTLIST salutation
               %a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>
.
Defined in DTD section Block-level Content : Letters
General Attributes (shared with other elements)
Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)