Remarks

By default, the JATS table model (based on and designed to be converted easily to the XHTML 1.1 table model) should be used as defined in the XHTML 1.1 table model, to take advantage of existing software for table handling.

This element contains only the rows and columns of the table, which is typically just part of what would be called a “table” in print or display. A full table might also include a table number (label), a table title, a table caption, table notes and footnotes, introductory paragraphs, etc., so a full table is tagged using the <table-wrap> element. If the complex table contains rows and columns, <table-wrap> will contain a <table> as well as other content.

In the JATS table model, the XHMTL™ table model has been modified to remove the <caption> element from within the <table> element, because, in the base Suite, the <caption> element has been made part of the <table-wrap> element.

Related Essay: For a discussion on the table formatting, see Table Formatting. For a discussion on the use of <table>s inside <table-wrap> and for related groups of tables, see Table, Table Wrapper, and Table Group.

OASIS CALS Table Note: The OASIS XML Exchange (CALS) table model has also been included in the BITS and may be used as an alternative table model. The example DTD provided includes two different table models in a BITS-based DTD, by using pseudo-namespaces with a fixed prefix to differentiate any name clashes. The XHTML-based table model is usually taken as primary (no name space prefix) and the OASIS Exchange table model set up to use pseudo-namespaces (prefix “oasis”) with an xmlns #FIXED attribute. For organizations that choose to use the OASIS model in addition to the XHTML-like table model, a version of the BITS Book DTD has been provided with the OASIS table model (BITS-book-oasis0.dtd). 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.

The following changes were made to the OASIS XML Exchange (CALS) table model:

• The %titles; parameter entity for the OASIS table model has been set to the null string (""), since the table title <title> is also part of the <table-wrap>; and
• The OASIS pseudo-namespace with a prefix of “oasis” has been added to each element.

<!ELEMENT %table.qname;  %table.content; >

          
...
<table-wrap id="bid.269">
<label>1</label>
<caption>
<title>Files on the taxonomy FTP site.</title>
</caption>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">File</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Uncompresses to</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">taxdump.tar.Z<xref ref-type="fn"
rid="mul2"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">readme.txt</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">A terse description of the dmp
files</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">nodes.dmp</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Structure of the database; lists
each taxid with its parent taxid, rank, and other values
associated with each node (genetic codes, etc.)</td>
</tr>
<tr>...</tr>

...
</tbody>
</table>
<table-wrap-foot>
<fn symbol="a" id="mul2">
<p>For non-UNIX users, the file taxdmp.zip includes the
same (zip compressed) data.</p>
</fn>
</table-wrap-foot>
</table-wrap>
...