caption (db.caption)

caption — A caption.

Synopsis

Additional Constraints

  • example must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • figure must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • table must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • equation must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • sidebar must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • task must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • caution must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • important must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • note must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • tip must not occur in the descendants of caption
  • warning must not occur in the descendants of caption

Description

A caption is an extended description of a mediaobject or figure or other formal or informal element. Unlike a textobject, which is an alternative to the other elements in the mediaobject, the caption augments the object.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain caption: equation, example, figure, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), mediaobject, table (db.cals.table).

Children [+]

This element contains 60 elements.

Examples

See informalfigure for and example that uses caption.

Last revised by Norman Walsh on 6 Jun 2011 (git hash: 6ffcc7640bbc5f852a318e452c9f210f03292cb9)