<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>
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="1.1d3">
<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>