Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

scope

Scope (NISO JATS table model)

Specifies the cells for which the <td> element provides header information. This provides an alternative to using explicitly named header elements (<th>) if the arrangement of header cells is not complex. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL scope attribute.)

Remarks

Caution: This attribute has not been widely supported.

With these Elements

<td>
<th>
Value Meaning
col Provides header information for the rest of a column.
colgroup Provides header information for the rest of a column group (i.e., the remaining cells within the <colgroup> element).
row Provides header information for the rest of a row.
rowgroup Provides header information for the rest of a row group (i.e., the remaining cells of the current <thead>, <tfoot>, or <tbody>).
Restriction: @scope is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

Version of December 2014

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