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<table> Table (JATS table model)

The rows and columns part of a full table. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL table element.)

Usage/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.
XHTML Table Note
The standard XHMTL model has been modified to remove the <caption> element from within the <table> element, because, in the modular JATS DTD Suite, the <caption> element has been made part of the <table-wrap> element.
OASIS CALS Table Note
The OASIS modules for the OASIS XML Exchange table model (based on the CALS table model) have been included in the distribution of BITS and may be used to provide an alternative table model. For organizations that choose to use the OASIS model in addition to the more XHTML-like JATS table model, a version of the BITS DTD has been provided with the OASIS XML Exchange table model (BITS-book-oasis2-1.dtd) as well as the XHTML model. This is possible in a BITS-based DTD by using pseudo-namespaces with a fixed prefix to differentiate any name clashes. The XHTML-based table model is taken as primary (no namespace prefix) and the OASIS Exchange CALS model set up to use pseudo-namespaces (prefix “oasis”) with an xmlns #FIXED attribute. 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
Organizations that choose to use the OASIS model instead of the more XHTML-like JATS table model, will need to customize their DTDs.
The JATS DTD Suite makes the following changes in the OASIS 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.
Related Elements
The <table> element is an element defined by the JATS table model (based on and designed to be converted easily to the XHTML 1.1 table model) or the OASIS XML Exchange (CALS) table model. The <table> element is not, by itself, a full table, including only the rows and columns portions of a table. A full table may have other features, such as a title, caption, table footnotes, etc. The <table-wrap> element contains the elements of a full table.
Tagging Note: A full table (<table-wrap>) may or may not include a <table> or an <oasis:table> element within it, since other constructions, such as 2-part lists, may also be given table titles, captions, etc.
Attributes
border
cellpadding
cellspacing
content-type
frame
rules
specific-use
style
summary
width

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<alternatives>, <table-wrap>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT %table.qname;  %table.content; >
Expanded Content Model

((col* | colgroup*), ((thead?, tfoot?, tbody+) | (tr+)))

Tagged Samples
XHTML-style with empty cells 
...
<table-wrap id="bid.269">
 <label>1</label>
 <caption>
  <title>Files on the taxonomy FTP site.</title>
 </caption>
 <table frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="5">
  <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>
...
Graphics in cells 
... 
<table frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="5">
 ...
 <tr valign="bottom">
  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
  <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.4411</td>
  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
   <graphic id="g14" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d14"/></td>
  <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.4411</td>
  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
   <graphic id="g15" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d15"/></td>
  <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.4414</td>
  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
   <graphic id="g16" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d16"/></td>
  <td align="char" char="." charoff="35%" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.4414</td>
  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
   <graphic id="g17" orientation="portrait" position="anchor" xlink:href="d17"/></td>
 </tr>
</table>
...
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