spanspec
spanspec — Formatting information for a spanned column in a table.
Synopsis
- empty
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- align (enumeration)
- “center”
- “char”
- “justify”
- “left”
- “right”
- char
- charoff (decimal)
- colsep (enumeration)
- “0”
- “1”
- nameend
- namest
- rowsep (enumeration)
- “0”
- “1”
- spanname
Required attributes are shown in bold.
Description
A spanspec associates a name with a span
between two columns in a table. In the body of the table, cells can
refer to the span by name. Cells that refer to a span will span
horizontally from the first column to the last column, inclusive.
Cells can also form spans directly, by naming the start and end
columns themselves. The added benefit of a spanspec
is that it can associate formatting information (such as alignment and
table rule specifications) with the span. This information does not need
to be repeated then, on each spanning cell.
Processing expectations
Suppressed. This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition [calsdtd].
The namest and nameend attributes of a
spanspec must refer to named
colspecs in the same table. In other words, if the
spanspec:
t<spanspec spanname="fullyear" namest="jan" nameend="dec"/>
exists in a table, colspecs named
“jan” and “dec” must also exist in the same
table.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- align
Specifies the horizontal alignment of text in an entry.
Enumerated values: “center” Centered.
“char” Aligned on a particular character.
“justify” Left and right justified.
“left” Left justified.
“right” Right justified.
- char
Specifies the alignment character when
alignis set to “char” .- charoff
Specifies the percentage of the column's total width that should appear to the left of the first occurance of the character identified in
charwhenalignis set to “char” .- colsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the column separator
Enumerated values: “0” No column separator rule.
“1” Provide a column separator rule on the right
- nameend
Specifies an ending column by name.
- namest
Specifies a starting column by name.
- rowsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the row separator
Enumerated values: “0” No row separator rule.
“1” Provide a row separator rule below
- spanname
Provides a name for a span specification.