Number and/or prefix word placed at the beginning of display elements (for example, equation, statement, figure).
As an example, a label placed at the beginning of an equation (<disp-formula>) could be a number such as <label>Equation 3.</label>, <label>(3)</label>, or <label>3.</label>. A label before a statement such as a Proof or Lemma, could be a word such as <label>Proof</label> or <label>Hypothesis</label>.
Many objects can take explicit labels. For example, a <label> can contain the number or symbol used as a prefix character for a footnote that is placed at the point of the footnote reference. Similarly, the number and any prefix word associated with the title or the caption of a <fig> can be marked as a <label>, for example, “Figure 3.”, “Exhibit 2.”, or “3.”.
In Citations: A <label> can be used to preserve the prefix number for a reference or citation “25.” or “[Lapeyre 2010]”. This can be useful when reconstructing untagged cross-references.
Accessibility: Sometimes a <label> needs to be pronounced in a way that is not reflected in its content or its tagging. The @alt attribute can be used to record the pronunciation for screen readers and other accessibility devices. For example, the element figure that follows might be pronounced as “Figure 3”.
<label alt="figure 3">Fig&#x00A0;III.</label>
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Any combination of:
<abstract>, <ack>, <address>, <aff>, <alt-title>, <app>, <app-group>, <array>, <author-comment>, <author-notes>, <back>, <bio>, <book-title-group>, <boxed-text>, <chem-struct>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <corresp>, <def-item>, <def-list>, <disp-formula>, <disp-formula-group>, <disp-quote>, <element-citation>, <fig>, <fig-group>, <fn>, <fn-group>, <glossary>, <graphic>, <kwd-group>, <list>, <list-item>, <media>, <mixed-citation>, <note>, <notes>, <product>, <ref>, <ref-list>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <sec>, <statement>, <supplement>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <table-wrap-foot>, <table-wrap-group>, <textual-form>, <title-group>, <toc-entry>, <trans-abstract>, <trans-title-group>, <verse-group>
For a figure:
...
<sec id="bid.36">
<title>Microbial Genomes</title>
<p>... A CON entry, containing instructions on how to
put the pieces back together, is also made. The CON entry
contains descriptor information, such as source organism
and references, as well as a join statement providing
explicit instructions on how to generate the complete
genome from the pieces. The Accession number assigned to
the CON record is also added as a secondary Accession
number on each of the pieces that make up the complete
genome (see <xref ref-type="fig" rid="bid.37">Figure 2</xref>).
<fig id="bid.37">
<label>2</label>
<caption><title>A GenBank CON entry for a complete
bacterial genome.</title>
<p>The information toward the <italic>bottom</italic> of
the record describes how to generate the complete genome
from the pieces.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:href="ch1f2" mime-subtype="gif"/>
</fig>
</p>
...
</sec>
...
For a table:
...
<table-wrap id="pbio-0020328-t002" position="float">
<label>Table 2</label>
<caption>
<title>Genes Activated in the Mother-Cell Line of Gene Expression</title>
</caption>
<alternatives>
<graphic xlink:href="pbio.0020328.t002.tif"/>
<table>
...</table>
<supplementary-material id="S1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:title="local_file" xlink:href="pbio-0020328-t002.xls"
mimetype="application/vnd.ms-excel">
<label>Supporting Material</label>
<caption>
<p>Supplementary Microsoft Excel file (raw study data) supplied by authors.</p>
</caption>
</supplementary-material>
</alternatives>
<table-wrap-foot>...</table-wrap-foot>
</table-wrap>
...
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