###### 3.1.1.1.8 body

The <body> element is the container for the main content of a <topic>.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
topic (base) | (dl or fig or imagemap or image or lines or lq or note or hazardstatement or object or ol or p or pre or simpletable or sl or table or ul or data or data-about or draft-comment or foreign or unknown or required-cleanup or bodydiv or example or section) (any number)
topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task | (dl or parml or fig or syntaxdiagram or imagemap or image or lines or lq or note or hazardstatement or object or ol or p or pre or codeblock or msgblock or screen or simpletable or sl or table or ul or data or data-about or draft-comment or foreign or unknown or required-cleanup or bodydiv or example or section) (any number)
machineryTask | (dl or fig or imagemap or image or lines or lq or note or hazardstatement or object or ol or p or pre or screen or simpletable or sl or table or ul or data or data-about or draft-comment or foreign or unknown or required-cleanup or bodydiv or example or section) (any number)
learningAssessment, learningContent, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary | (dl or fig or imagemap or lcInteractionBase or lcTrueFalse or lcSingleSelect or lcMultipleSelect or lcSequencing or lcMatching or lcHotspot or lcOpenQuestion or image or lines or lq or note or lcInstructornote or object or ol or p or pre or simpletable or sl or table or ul or data or data-about or draft-comment or foreign or unknown or required-cleanup or bodydiv or example or section) (any number)

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
topic (base), topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningContent, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary | topic

###### Inheritance

- topic/body

###### Example

    <topic>
    <title>Sample title</title>
    <prolog><!-- metadata here --></prolog>
    <body> <!-- Body content goes here --> </body>
    </topic>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.1.1.1 Basic topic elements

Sibling Topics:

3.1.1.1.1 topic

3.1.1.1.2 title

3.1.1.1.3 titlealts

3.1.1.1.4 searchtitle

3.1.1.1.5 navtitle

3.1.1.1.6 shortdesc

3.1.1.1.7 abstract

3.1.1.1.9 bodydiv

3.1.1.1.10 related-links

3.1.1.1.11 dita