Sequencetype Attribute
- Last Updated: May 13, 2026
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Specifies the type of sequence to be looked for.
Normally would use TYPE attribute and let CS work out that it is applying to a sequence rule and so means SEQUENCTYPE
Applies to
Values
- “text” - Sequence is found if text (words) in the document are in sequence. This is the default and identical to a phrase rule
- “sentence” - Sequence is found if children are in sequential sentences
- “paragraph” - Sequence is found if children are in sequential paragraphs
- “text_loose” - Sequence is found if text (words) are in a sequence or the same token. This used to be the behaviour of phrase rule and only differs in edge cases
- “sentence_loose” - Sequence is found if children are in sequential or the same sentence
- “paragraph_loose” - Sequence is found if children are in sequential or the same paragraph