<label>

Label (of an Equation, Figure, Reference, etc.)

Number and/or prefix word placed at the beginning of display elements (for example, equation, statement, figure).

Remarks

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>.
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 III.</label>

Attributes

alt Alternative Text
id Document Internal Identifier
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  label        (#PCDATA %label-elements;)*                  >

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

Example

For a hypothesis:
<article dtd-version="1.1d2">
<front>...</front>
<body>
...
<p>Industrial buyers categorise foreign countries
according to their level of technological achievement
and subsequently differentiate their perceptions of
these countries accordingly ... The following
hypothesis is posited:
<statement>
<label>Hypothesis 1</label>
<p>Buyer preferences for companies are influenced 
by factors extrinsic to the firm attributable to, and
determined by, country-of-origin effects.</p>
</statement>
</p>
...
</body>
<back>...</back>
</article>