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<colgroup> Table Column Group (NISO JATS table model)

A container element to hold column descriptions (element <col>) for a group of columns in a table—or for all of the columns in the table if there is only one <colgroup> in the table. Attributes on the <colgroup> apply to all of the columns in the group unless over-ridden on the <col>. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHTML colgroup element.)
Attributes
align
char
charoff
content-type
span (default = 1)
style
valign
width

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<table>
Description
<col> Table Column (NISO JATS table model), zero or more
Expanded Content Model

(col)*

Tagged Sample

Group of two columns

...
<table-wrap id="TX0.180">
 <caption><p>Patient costs for institutional care 
  at the end of scheduled follow up</p></caption>
 <table border="1">
  <colgroup>
   <col span="1"/>
   <col align="char" char="," charoff="50%" span="1"/>
  </colgroup>
  <thead>
   <tr>
    <th>Year</th>
    <th>Cost per patient</th>
   </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <td>1997</td>
    <td>$8,250</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>2000</td>
    <td>$31,400</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>2003</td>
    <td>$125,600</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</table-wrap>
...
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