Journal Publishing Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

position

Position

Typically indicates whether a display object (for example, figure, table, boxed text) must be anchored in its exact location within the text or may float to a different location in the document (for example, top of the next page, into the next column, within a separate window). Also used to indicate that the display object should be placed in the margin or used as a background image behind the text.

With these Elements

<boxed-text>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <code>, <fig>, <fig-group>, <graphic>, <media>, <preformat>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <table-wrap-group>
Value Meaning
anchor The object must remain in its exact location in the text flow.
background The object (typically an image) is used as background displayed visually “behind” the narrative text.
float The object is not anchored and may be moved to a new column, a new window, a new page, the end of the document, etc.
margin In print, the object should be placed in the margin or gutter; online, the object should remain closely associated with the text.
Default value: float

Example 


...  
<boxed-text position="anchor" content-type="website">
<caption>
<title>Search term: gallstones</title>
</caption>
...
</boxed-text>
...

Journal Publishing Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

Version of December 2014

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