informaltable

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$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $

informaltable — A table without a title

Synopsis

Content Model

informaltable ::=
(blockinfo?,
 ((textobject*,
   (graphic+|mediaobject+|tgroup+))|
  ((col*|colgroup*),
   thead?,tfoot?,
   (tbody+|tr+))))

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

rowsepCDATANone
ondblclickCDATANone
floatstyleCDATANone
onkeydownCDATANone
onkeyupCDATANone
onmouseupCDATANone
onmouseoverCDATANone
align
Enumeration:
center
left
right
None
pgwideCDATANone
orient
Enumeration:
land
port
None
onkeypressCDATANone
onmousedownCDATANone
onclickCDATANone
titleCDATANone
classCDATANone
labelCDATANone
widthCDATANone
frame
Enumeration:
above
all
below
border
bottom
box
hsides
lhs
none
rhs
sides
top
topbot
void
vsides
None
rulesCDATANone
bgcolorCDATANone
summaryCDATANone
tabstyleCDATANone
cellspacingCDATANone
colsepCDATANone
shortentryCDATANone
onmouseoutCDATANone
styleCDATANone
onmousemoveCDATANone
xml:langNMTOKENNone
borderCDATANone
rowheader
Enumeration:
firstcol
norowheader
None
cellpaddingCDATANone
tocentryCDATANone

Description

An InformalTable element identifies an informal table (one without a Title). DocBook uses the CALS table model, which describes tables geometrically using rows, columns, and cells.

Tables may include column headers and footers, but there is no provision for row headers.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Note

It is an error to supply a title in the blockinfo for an informal table.

This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition, as specified by OASIS Technical Memorandum TM 9502:1995 .

Future Changes

The OASIS Exchange Table Model will replace the full OASIS Table Model.

Children

The following elements occur in informaltable: blockinfo, col, colgroup, graphic, mediaobject, tbody, textobject, tfoot, tgroup, thead, tr.

Attributes

colsep

If ColSep has the value 1 (true), then a rule will be drawn to the right of all columns in this table. A value of 0 (false) suppresses the rule. The rule to the right of the last column in the table is controlled by the Frame attribute, not the ColSep.

frame

Frame specifies how the table is to be framed:

ValueMeaning
all

Frame all four sides of the table. In some environments with limited control over table border formatting, such as HTML, this may imply additional borders.

bottom

Frame only the bottom of the table.

none

Place no border on the table. In some environments with limited control over table border formatting, such as HTML, this may disable other borders as well.

sides

Frame the left and right sides of the table.

top

Frame the top of the table.

topbot

Frame the top and bottom of the table.

There is no way to obtain a border on only the starting edge (left, in left-to-right writing systems) of the table.

label

Label specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes.

Generally, an explicit Label attribute is used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label automatically. If present, the Label is normative; it will used even if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.

orient

Orient specifies the orientation of the InformalTable. An orientation of Port is the “upright”, the same orientation as the rest of the text flow. An orientation of Land is 90 degrees counterclockwise from the upright orientation.

pgwide

If Pgwide has the value 0 (false), then the InformalTable is rendered in the current text flow (with flow column width). A value of 1 (true) specifies that the table should be rendered across the full text page.

rowsep

If RowSep has the value 1 (true), then a rule will be drawn below all the rows in the InformalTable (unless other, interior elements, suppress some or all of the rules). A value of 0 (false) suppresses the rule. The rule below the last row in the table is controlled by the Frame attribute and the RowSep of the last row is ignored.

shortentry

This attribute is meaningless on InformalTable..

tabstyle

TabStyle holds the name of a table style defined in a stylesheet (e.g., a FOSI) that will be used to process this document.

tocentry

This attribute is meaningless on InformalTable.

See Also

colspec, entry, entrytbl, equation, example, figure, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, row, spanspec, table, tbody, tfoot, tgroup, thead.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE informaltable PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<informaltable frame='none'>
<tgroup cols='2'>
<colspec colwidth='0.5in'/>
<colspec colwidth='0.5in'/>
<tbody>
<row><entry>1</entry><entry>1</entry></row>
<row><entry>2</entry><entry>4</entry></row>
<row><entry>3</entry><entry>9</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
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For additional examples, see also entrytbl, footnoteref.