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<array> Array (Simple Tabulation)

Tabular arrangement of text in the narrative flow of the document. Unlike a <table-wrap>, an array does not contain a label, title, caption, or table headings (column heads).

Usage/Remarks

By default in this Tag Set, an <array> includes the NISO JATS table body model (<tbody>), which is based on and designed to be easily converted to the XHTML 1.1 table body element (tbody). An <array> may contain a graphic (<graphic>) rather than a table body to express the rows and columns.
OASIS CALS Table Note
The OASIS XML Exchange table model may be used instead of or in addition to the default NISO JATS XHTML-based table model. OASIS table users can set the <array> element to contain the oasis:tbody element, typically with a namespace prefix of “oasis”. A separate Tag Library describing the OASIS table model elements, attributes, and parameter entities may be accessed at: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/options/OASIS/tag-library/19990315/index.html
Display/Formatting Note
An <array> element is not allowed to float; it is tied to its position in the text. True tables are allowed to float in text or be anchored, as determined by the value of their @position attribute.
Related Elements
Best Practice: A typical <array> has no label, title, or caption. Row and column material that has labels, titles, or captions should be tagged as a table element (<table-wrap>). The <array> model has been allowed to add such aspects as labels to capture the style of publishers who make a large distinction between numbered complex tables and unnumbered simple tables.
A graphic containing simple tabular material that occurs within a paragraph or between two paragraphs should be tagged as an <array>, not merely as a loose <graphic> or as a <fig> or <table>.
Attributes
content-type
orientation (default = portrait)
specific-use

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>, <alternatives>, <answer>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <chem-struct>, <disp-formula>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <fig>, <glossary>, <legend>, <license-p>, <named-content>, <notes>, <option>, <p>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <see>, <see-also>, <styled-content>, <supplementary-material>, <td>, <term>, <th>, <trans-abstract>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  array        %array-model;                                >
Expanded Content Model
(label?, (alt-text | long-desc | email | ext-link | uri)*, ((alternatives |
graphic | media)* | tbody), (attrib | permissions)*)
Tagged Samples
Basic array
Typical array contains just only the table body (<tbody>) portion of a table. 
... 
<array>
 <tbody>
  <tr valign="bottom">
   <td align="left">3</td>
   <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%">14.4411</td>
   <td align="center">
    <graphic id="g14" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d14"/></td>
   <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%">14.4411</td>
   <td align="center">
    <graphic id="g15" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d15"/></td>
   <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%">14.4414</td>
   <td align="center">
    <graphic id="g16" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d16"/></td>
   <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%">14.4414</td>
   <td align="center">
    <graphic id="g17" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d17"/></td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</array>  
...
Inside paragraph
Arrays are typically small insertions in the middle of narrative text.
...
<body>
 <p><italic>Goniocyclus hannibalensis</italic> is founded on specimens that
  cannot be related to a precise stratgraphic position within the excavated
  succession; consequently faunal relationships cannot be expressed with 
  certainty. ... Preliminary reports of the ancestral
  <italic>Goniocyclus</italic> species are described as:
  <array>
   <tbody>
    <tr>
     <td>Suborder</td>
     <td><sc>Goniatitina</sc> (Hyatt, 1884)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Superfamily</td>
     <td><sc>Pericyclaceae</sc> (Hyatt, 1900)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Family</td>
     <td><sc>Pericyckidae</sc> (Hyatt, 1900)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Genus</td>
     <td><sc>Goniocyclus</sc> (Gordon, 1986)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Type Species</td>
     <td><italic>Goniatites blairi</italic> (Miller and Gurley, 1896)</td>
    </tr>
   </tbody>
  </array>
 </p>
</body>
...
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