DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.2.1 for DocBook 5.1)

informalfigure

informalfigure — A untitled figure.

Synopsis

informalfigure ::= [x]  [+]

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • floatstyle
  • label
  • pgwide (enumeration)
    • “0”
    • “1”

Description

An informalfigure is a figure without a title. Figures often contain mediaobjects, or other large display elements.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

floatstyle

Specifies style information to be used when rendering the float

label

Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes

pgwide

Indicates if the element is rendered across the column or the page

Enumerated values:
“0”

The element should be rendered in the current text flow (with the flow column width).

“1”

The element should be rendered across the full text page.

Children

The following elements occur in informalfigure: address, anchor, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caption, dialogue, drama, epigraph, equation, example, figure, formalpara, glosslist, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, poetry, procedure, qandaset, remark, revhistory, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, table, task, variablelist.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example informalfigure</title>

<informalfigure>
<mediaobject>
  <imageobject condition="print">
    <info>
      <author>
        <personname>
          <firstname>Norman</firstname>
          <surname>Walsh</surname>
        </personname>
      </author>
      <pubdate>1998</pubdate>
    </info>

    <imagedata fileref="figs/print/db5d_ref10.pdf" format="PDF" role="keep-together"/>
  </imageobject>

  <imageobject condition="web">
    <imagedata fileref="figs/web/db5d_ref10.png" format="PNG"/>
  </imageobject>

  <textobject>
    <phrase>Wat Arun</phrase>
  </textobject>

  <caption><para>Wat Arun, Temple of the Dawn, on the Chao Phraya
  River in Bangkok, Thailand. In April 1998, Wat Arun was in the
  midst of renovation.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</informalfigure>

</article>
Wat Arun

Wat Arun, Temple of the Dawn, on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. In April 1998, Wat Arun was in the midst of renovation.