span

Span (NISO JATS table model)

The number of columns that will share the <col> or <colgroup> element’s attributes. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL span attribute.)

Used on Elements: <col>, <colgroup>

ValueMeaning
A counting numberHow many columns will have the same attributes, for example, “3”.
Default value1 (The attributes are for this column only.)

Example 

    ...
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col span="1"/>
<col align="char" char="," charoff="50%" span="1"/>
</colgroup>
...</table>
...

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Version 1.1 (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015)

Version of December 2015

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