diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
index c2fa1d7..fd9c658 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
 		if (docPart.isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
+		if (docPart.getBody().isEmpty() && isMaster(element)) {
+			return;
+		}
 		Resource excerpt = createExcerpt(docPart);
 		excerpt.addProperty( RDFS.label, docPart.getName());
 		Property hasText = m.createProperty(TS + "hasText");
@@ -255,6 +258,9 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
 			addMetadataProperties(excerpt,docPart.getMetadata());
 		}
 	}
+	private boolean isMaster(Resource element) {
+		return element.getNameSpace().contains(TS + ELENPHARTICLE);
+	}
 	
 	public void createTree() {
 		createElements();