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<fig> Figure

Block of graphic or textual material that is identified as a figure, usually bearing a caption and a label such as “Figure 3.” or “Figure”.

Usage/Remarks

A <fig> is defined as an element that would appear in the Table of Figures, if there were one.
Usage
The content of a <fig> need not be graphic in nature; the content of a figure may be a graphic, a list, several paragraphs, an equation, a display quote, a table, etc., or a mixture of several of these.
Position
The @position attribute may be used to indicate whether this element must be anchored at its exact location within the text or whether it may float, for example, to the top of the next page, into the next column, to the end of a logical file, or within a separate window.

Best Practice

Tag unlabeled graphic objects as <graphic>s rather than <fig>s. A common test to determine if an object is a <fig> versus a <graphic> is to ask, “If there were a “List of Figures” for this document, should this object appear in that list?”
Attributes
fig-type
orientation (default = portrait)
position (default = float)
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <book-app-group>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <fig-group>, <floats-group>, <glossary>, <index>, <index-div>, <index-group>, <license-p>, <named-book-part-body>, <named-content>, <notes>, <option>, <p>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <toc>, <toc-div>, <toc-entry>, <toc-group>, <trans-abstract>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  fig          %fig-model;                                  >
Expanded Content Model

((object-id)*, label?, (caption)*, (legend)*, (contrib-group)*, (abstract)*, (kwd-group)*, (subj-group)*, (alt-text | long-desc | email | ext-link | uri)*, (disp-formula | disp-formula-group | chem-struct-wrap | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | table-wrap | p | def-list | list | alternatives | array | code | graphic | media | preformat | xref)*, (attrib | permissions)*)

Tagged Samples
With <graphic> and <attrib> 
... 
<fig id="f1" orientation="portrait" position="float">
 <graphic xlink:href="f1"/>
 <attrib>Brookhaven National Laboratory</attrib>
</fig>
...
With <label>, <caption>, and <graphic> 
... 
<fig id="f8" orientation="portrait" position="float">
 <label>FIG. 8.</label>
 <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="landscape" xlink:href="f8"/>
</fig>
...
With <label>, <caption>, <title> and <graphic> 
...
<sec id="bid.36">
 <title>Microbial Genomes</title>
 <p>... A CON entry, containing instructions on how to put
  the pieces back together, is also made. The CON entry
  contains descriptor information, such as source organism
  and references, as well as a join statement providing
  explicit instructions on how to generate the complete
  genome from the pieces. The Accession number assigned 
  to the CON record is also added as a secondary Accession
  number on each of the pieces that make up the complete
  genome (see <xref ref-type="fig" rid="bid.37">Figure 2</xref>).
  <fig id="bid.37">
   <label>2</label>
   <caption>
    <title>A GenBank CON entry for a complete bacterial 
     genome.</title>
    <p>The information toward the <italic>bottom</italic> of the 
     record describes how to generate the complete genome
     from the pieces.</p>
   </caption>
   <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
     xlink:href="ch1f2" mimetype="image/jpeg"/>
  </fig>
 </p>
 ...
</sec>
...
With <alt-text> and <object-id> 
...
<sec sec-type="results">
 <title>Results</title>
 <p>We identified 703 abstracts, of which 687 were not
  relevant ... Details of randomisation 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 &#x03C7;<sup>2</sup></p>
  </caption>
  <alt-text>Deaths in hospitals or with alternative services</alt-text>
  <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xlink:href="fors2662.f1">
   <object-id>456472</object-id>
  </graphic>
 </fig>
 ...
</sec>
...
Multiple graphics 
...
<fig id="f1" orientation="portrait" position="float">
 <label>FIG. 1.</label>
 <caption>
  <p>(a) Schematic of the working principles of HFM, (b) a typical application
   scheme for an electric bias in HFM, (c) regulation the conformations and
   dynamics (trapping, concentration, and sudden stretching) of λ-DNA molecules
   in HFM, and (d) schematic of the trapping location regulation (enhanced online).
   [URL: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4762852.1">
   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4762852.1</ext-link>]
   <alternatives>
    <media id="v1" mime-subtype="avi" mimetype="video" orientation="portrait"
      position="anchor" specific-use="original-format" xlink:href="v1"/>
    <media mime-subtype="mpeg" mimetype="video" orientation="portrait"
      position="anchor" specific-use="archival-format" xlink:href="v1"/>
    <media mime-subtype="x-flv" mimetype="video" orientation="portrait"
      position="anchor" specific-use="online-format" xlink:href="v1"/>
   </alternatives>
  </p>
 </caption>
 <graphic xlink:href="f1"/>
 <graphic id="f1a"  xlink:href="dummy1.png"/>
 <graphic id="f1b"  xlink:href="dummy2.png"/>
 <graphic id="f1c"  xlink:href="dummy3.png"/>
 <graphic id="f1d"  xlink:href="dummy4.png"/>
</fig>
...
Alternate graphics 
... 
<fig id="f3" position="float">
 <label>FIG. 3.</label>
 <caption>...</caption>
 <alternatives>
  <graphic specific-use="print" xlink:href="1.4821168.figures.highres.f3.zip"/>
  <graphic specific-use="online" xlink:href="1.4821168.figures.online.f3.jpg"/>
 </alternatives>
</fig>
...
With included <contrib-group> 
...
<fig id="f3" position="anchor">
 <label>Fig. 2</label>
 <caption><title>Normal red blood cell</title></caption>
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib>
   <name><surname>Carberry</surname>
    <given-names>Josiah S.</given-names></name>
  </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
 <graphic xlink:href="c4826.jpg"/>
</fig>
...
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