James Cummings wrote:

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> Though I always tend to avoid them, maybe this is an argument for 
> using numbered divs?  So always return me the <div2> level?

what if the document does not have <div>-like structure?

> .  One entry for each document in the collection.  Sort of a TEI 
> databank of document descriptions for processing in this one specific 
> application.  What would such a document look like?

a pig's ear :-}

sebastian