> ## 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.