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<fig-group> Figure Group

Container element for figures that are to be displayed together.

Usage/Remarks

One figure may contain many graphics; this container element has been defined to combine more than one <fig> elements.
Position
The @position attribute may be used to indicate whether this element must be anchored at its exact location within the text or whether it may float (for example, to the top of the next page, into the next column, to the end of a logical file, or within a separate window).
Multi-language Figures/Figure Groups
JATS provides several ways to tag figures and figure groups in multiple languages. The element <block-alternatives> can be used to hold two or more versions of the figure or figure group, each in a different language. It is also possible to place multiple <label> and <caption> elements inside a single figure or figure group, one label and caption for each language, differentiated by @xml:lang attributes. In the case of double labels and captions, the content of the figure or figure group is not repeated, only the labels and captions.
Associating Data with a Figure
It is possible to make links to the data behind a figure. For example, a figure containing a graphic of a pie chart might point to the numerical data visually summarized by the chart.
If the data resides in the article, use an internal cross-reference (<xref>) to point to the data. If the data is external to the article, for example, in a data repository (more typical), make an external connection using one or more <ext-link> elements within the figure tagging. The data behind a figure may be integral or supplementary.
Each figure within a <fig-group> may make its own external connections using one or more <ext-link> elements within the <fig>s and/or the group as a whole may use the <fig-group> <ext-link>s within the group. The <ext-link> element may be used directly within:
Note that a figure and its multiple supporting data objects are described in one figure with multiple links, rather than as a figure group (<fig-group>) even if the associated data objects are themselves figures.
Related Elements
Both figures (<fig>) and graphics (<graphic>) may appear either grouped within a <fig-group> or singly within textual material.
Attributes
content-type
orientation (default = portrait)
position (default = float)
specific-use
supplemental

Multi-lang Attributes

lang-focus
lang-focus-custom
lang-group
lang-source
lang-source-custom
lang-translate
lang-variant
lang-variant-custom

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <block-alternatives>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <floats-group>, <glossary>, <license-p>, <named-content>, <notes>, <option>, <p>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <trans-abstract>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  fig-group    %fig-group-model;                            >
Expanded Content Model

((object-id)*, (label)*, (caption)*, (legend)*, (abstract)*, (kwd-group)*, (subj-group)*, (alt-text | long-desc | email | ext-link | uri)*, (fig | block-alternatives | xref | alternatives | graphic | media)*)

Tagged Sample

Note captions for both <fig-group> and <fig> 

...
<fig-group id="dogpix4">
 <caption>
  <title>Figures 12-14 Bonnie Lassie</title>
  <p>Three perspectives on My Dog</p>
 </caption>
 <fig id="fg-12">
  <label>a.</label>
  <caption><p>View A: From the Front, Laughing</p></caption>
  <graphic xlink:href="frontView.png"/>
 </fig>
 <fig id="fg-13">
  <label>b.</label>
  <caption><p>View B: From the Side, Best Profile</p></caption>
  <graphic xlink:href="sideView.png"/>
 </fig>
 <fig id="fg-14">
  <label>c.</label>
  <caption><p>View C: In Motion, A Blur on Feet</p></caption>
  <graphic xlink:href="motionView.png"/>
 </fig>
</fig-group>
...
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