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<floats-group> Floating Element Group

Container element for floating objects (figures, tables, text boxes, graphics, etc.) that occur within an article. Occurs outside of the narrative flow of the article.

Usage/Remarks

Some publishers like to collect all these floating objects at the end rather than interspersing them throughout the document where they are referenced. The <floats-group> element is not part of the narrative flow of an article; rather, it holds article resources used in the body, back matter, etc. Sub-articles (<sub-article>) and responses (<response>) may hold their own floats groups.
A journal article (<article>) may be divided into several components:
  1. <processing-meta> (the metadata that concerns the XML file rather than the contents of the document);
  2. <front> (the metadata or header information, which contains both journal metadata [<journal-meta>] and article metadata [<article-meta>]);
  3. <body> (the textual and graphical content of the article);
  4. <back> (any ancillary information such as a glossary, reference list, or appendix);
  5. <floats-group> (single container element some publishers and archives use to hold all floating elements such as figures and tables that are referenced in the article body or back matter); and
  6. either a series of <response> elements or a series of <sub-article> elements. (A <response> is a commentary on the article itself, such as a summation by an editor, an answer to a letter-article, or words from the author responding to peer-review comments. Sub-articles are articles such as news pieces, abstracts, or committee reports that are completely contained within a main article.)
NLM DTD Historical Note
This element (<floats-group>) was significantly remodeled from previous versions of this Tag Set. The current NISO JATS values are backward compatible with all JATS versions and with the last NLM version, but not with earlier NLM DTD versions. Specifically, the <floats-group> element replaces the <floats-wrap> element, which is no longer available.
Attributes

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<article>, <response>, <sub-article>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  floats-group %floats-group-model;                         >
Expanded Content Model
(alternatives | block-alternatives | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code |
fig | fig-group | graphic | media | preformat | supplementary-material | table-wrap |
table-wrap-group)*
Tagged Sample

Figures and tables

<article dtd-version="1.4"  xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink'>
 ...
 <back>...</back>
 <floats-group>
  <fig id="pbiog001" position="float">
   <label>Figure 1</label>
   <caption>
    <title>Overview of Our Approach for Mapping the
     <named-content content-type="genus-species">E. coli</named-content>
     Transcriptional Regulatory Network</title>
    ...
   </caption>
   <graphic xlink:href="pbio.0050008.g001"/>
  </fig>
  <fig id="pbiog002" position="float">
   <label>Figure 2</label>
   <caption>
    <title>The CLR Algorithm: Methods and Comparison to Other
     Approaches</title>
    <p>(A) A schema of the ...to profile.</p>
   </caption>
   <graphic xlink:href="pbio.0050008.g002"/>
  </fig>
  <fig id="pbiog003" position="float">
   <label>Figure 3</label>
   <caption>
    <title>The Transcriptional Regulatory Map Inferred by CLR with
     an Estimated 60% Precision</title>
    <p>The precision of ...</p>
   </caption>
   <graphic xlink:href="pbio.0050008.g003"/>
  </fig>
  <fig id="pbiog004" position="float">
   <label>Figure 4</label>
   ...
   <graphic xlink:href="pbio.0050008.g004"/>
  </fig>
  ...
  <table-wrap id="pbiot001" content-type="1col" position="float">
   <label>Table 1</label>
   <caption>
    <p>Data Sources for the ...</p>
   </caption>
   <graphic xlink:href="pbio.0050008.t001"/>
  </table-wrap>
 </floats-group>
</article>
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