Remarks

The rows and columns part of a full table. The standard XHTML 1.1 table model, which should be used as defined in the XHTML table model, has been used 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.

The standard XHMTL 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.

Historical Note: CALS Tables — As part of the 0.1 version of this Tag Set, the OASIS Interchange (CALS) table model was also included in the Suite, to prove that it was possible, though not easy, to include two different table models, by using pseudo-namespaces with a fixed prefix to differentiate any name clashes. Since there were indeed name clashes, the XHTML 1.1 model was taken as primary (no name spaces) and the OASIS Exchange CALS model was set up to use pseudo-namespaces (prefix “oasis”). Although the OASIS/CALS model has been removed from this Tag Set, the modules to include the OASIS/CALS model in the Tag Set are still shipped with the base Suite. For organizations that choose to use the OASIS model instead of or in addition to the XHTML 1.1 table model, the Publishing DTD has been provided with that model (journalpub-oasis3.dtd) and a separate Tag Library describing the OASIS elements, attributes, and parameter entities: jats.nlm.nih.gov/options/OASIS/tag-library/19990315/index.html.

The following changes were made to 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.

No other changes were made to the OASIS table content model.