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<caption> Caption of a Figure, Table, etc.

Container element for the textual description that is associated with an object (for example, with a <fig> or <table-wrap>).

Usage/Remarks

A caption is a visible textual description of a table, figure, or similar object. In print or display, a caption is usually recognizable because it is not part of the ordinary text flow; it sits just under, above, beside, or in the same small window or page area as the tabular portions of a table or the graphical portions of a figure. A <caption> may contain many kinds of text associated with its object, for example, a title (tagged as <title>), or a descriptive paragraph (tagged as <p>). If a <legend> is present, it follows the <caption>, it is not inside the <caption>.
Captions may just contain paragraphs of explanatory text (see example below) or a caption may contain an explicit title as well as text. The title is typically a short, pithy statement that acts as a heading and may be made typographically distinct, for example, set in bold or italics while the following paragraph is in roman.
Attributes
content-type
specific-use
style

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
<boxed-text>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <disp-formula>, <disp-formula-group>, <fig>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  caption      %caption-model;                              >
Expanded Content Model

(title?, (p)*)

Tagged Samples
In figure 
...
<sec>
 <title>Results</title>
 <p>... Details of randomization procedures, treatment 
  schedules, and numbers of patients followed up are given 
  on the <italic>BMJ</italic> website.</p>
 <fig id="F1">
  <caption>
   <title>Deaths among patients receiving day hospital care 
    or alternative services.</title>
   <p>Odds ratios of death by end of follow up were calculated 
    by fixed effects model. Heterogeneity between trials is 
    presented as χ<sup>2</sup></p>
  </caption>
  <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xlink:href="fors2662.f1" >
   <object-id>456472</object-id>
  </graphic>
 </fig>
 <p>...</p>
</sec>
...
... 
<fig id="f8" orientation="portrait" position="float">
 <caption>
  <p>Time difference between events F and A as a function of the 
   length of entering plug for bifurcations B to BXXX, where X stands 
   for 0 or 1.</p>
 </caption>
 <graphic orientation="portrait" position="float" xlink:href="f8"/>
</fig>
...
In table 
...
<table-wrap id="TN0.170">
 <caption>
  <title>Patient Care at End of Follow Up</title>
  <p>Numbers of patients receiving institutional care at
   the end of scheduled follow up and use of hospital beds
   among those allocated to day hospital or alternative
   services</p>
 </caption>
 <table frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="5">
  <tr>
   <th/>
   <th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Institutional care</th>
   <th/>
   <th colspan="2" align="center" rowspan="1">&#x2003;Bed use (days)</th>
  </tr>
  ...
 </table>
</table-wrap>
...
...
<table-wrap id="t2" orientation="portrait" position="float">
 <caption>
  <p>Models to approximate the bound frequencies as waves 
   in X→M (<inline-graphic id="g1" xlink:href="d1"/>: Rotational, 
   <inline-graphic id="g2" xlink:href="d2"/>: Vibrate in <italic>y</italic> 
   direction, <inline-graphic id="g3" xlink:href="d3"/>: Vibrate in
   <italic>x</italic> direction, <inline-graphic id="g4" xlink:href="d4"/>: 
   Vibrate mainly in <italic>y</italic> direction including a small 
   portion of vibration in <italic>x</italic> direction, 
   <inline-graphic id="g5" xlink:href="d5"/>: Vibrate mainly in 
   <italic>x</italic> direction including a small portion of vibration 
   in <italic>y</italic> direction).</p>
 </caption>
 <table border="1">...</table>
</table-wrap>
...
Alternative Spanish and English Variants of a Figure 
...<front>
    ...</front>
  <body>...
<fig id="f0001" lang-group="f0001"
  position="float" fig-type="scatter-graph" 
  xml:lang="en" lang-variant="translation" 
  lang-source="translator" lang-focus="secondary">
 <caption><p>Evolution of the repetition rate in all sequences</p></caption>
  <graphic xlink:href="RIYA_A_1889289_F0001_OC.jpg" 
    content-type="color" specific-use="web-only"/>
</fig>

<fig id="f0005" lang-group="f0001"  
  position="float" fig-type="scatter-graph" 
  xml:lang="es" lang-variant="original" 
  lang-source="author" lang-focus="primary">
  <caption><p>Evolución de la tasa de repetición en  
  todas las secuencias</p></caption>
  <graphic xlink:href="RIYA_A_1889289_F0005_OC.jpg" 
    content-type="color" specific-use="web-only"/>
</fig>...</body>
</article>
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