> ## Documentation Index
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# Section Element

> The section element in Vantage OCR XML output represents a document section: contains a stream element with paragraphs, blocks, and a stream role attribute.

A document section. Includes a **stream** element.

## Stream Element

A sequence of paragraphs and blocks. Includes **mainText** and **elemId** elements. Has the following attributes:

| Property       | Data type | Description                                                                                       |
| :------------- | :-------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `role`         | `string`  | The stream role. Possible values: `garb`, `text`, `footnote`, `incut`. The default value is text. |
| `vertCjk`      | `boolean` | Indicates whether the stream contains vertical CJK text.                                          |
| `beginPage` \* | `integer` | The number of the page on which the stream begins.                                                |
| `endPage`      | `integer` | The number of the page on which the stream ends.                                                  |

### MainText Element

The text of the stream. Has the following attributes:

| Property         | Data type | Description                                    |
| :--------------- | :-------- | :--------------------------------------------- |
| `rtl`            | `boolean` | Indicates whether the text is a running title. |
| `columnCount` \* | `integer` | The number of columns.                         |

### ElemId Element

The element's identifier. Has the following attribute:

| Property | Data type | Description                   |
| :------- | :-------- | :---------------------------- |
| `id` \*  | `string`  | The string ID of the element. |

\* Indicates a required property.