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title: Body
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# Body
A {doctitle} is a search-optimized HTML representation of an [item](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) and is required for the item's [quickview](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3311/), summary, concept, and language detection.
It can be modified using [indexing pipeline extensions (IPEs)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/206/) or body [mappings](https://docs.coveo.com/en/217/).