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<hr> Horizontal Rule

An explicit horizontal rule.

Usage/Remarks

Best Practice

This element was retained when NISO JATS adapted and modified the XHTML 1.1 table model, and thus it should be restricted to use inside table cells (<td> and <th>), even though this Tag Set allows more widespread usage.
Attributes

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<td>, <th>
Description
This is an EMPTY element
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  hr           EMPTY                                        >
Tagged Sample

Spanning table columns

...
<table-wrap id="TN0.170">
 <caption>...</caption>
 <table frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="5">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th></th>
    <th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Institutional care</th>
    <th></th>
    <th colspan="2" align="center" rowspan="1">&#x2003;Bed use (days)</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <th></th>
    <th colspan="3"><hr/></th>
    <th></th>
    <th colspan="2"><hr/></th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <th>Control group</th>
    <th align="center">Day hospital</th>
    <th align="center">Control</th>
    <th align="center">Odds ratio (95% CI)</th>
    <th></th>
    <th align="center">Day hospital</th>
    <th align="center">Control</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <th colspan="7"><hr/></th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Comprehensive care (5 trials)</td>
    <td align="center">151/597<xref ref-type="table-fn"
      rid="TF1-150"></xref></td>
    <td align="center">159/584</td>
    <td align="center">0.91 (0.70 to 1.19)</td>
    <td></td>
    <td align="center">20.5</td>
    <td align="center">21.4</td>
   </tr>
   ...
  </tbody>
 </table>
 <table-wrap-foot>
  <fn-group>
   <fn id="TF1-150"><p>Data not available for 1 trial.</p></fn>
   <fn id="TF1-151"><p>P&lt;0.05 (random effects model).</p></fn>
  </fn-group>
 </table-wrap-foot>
</table-wrap>
...