caption (db.caption)
caption — A caption.
Synopsis
caption (db.caption) ::=
- Sequence of:
info? (db.titleforbidden.info)- One or more of:
- empty
- empty
revhistory- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
informaltable(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable(db.html.informaltable)
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Verbatim elements
Attributes
Additional Constraints
- note must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- example must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- figure must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- table must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- sidebar must not occur among the children or 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: example, figure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), mediaobject, table (db.cals.table).
Children
The following elements occur in caption: blockquote, epigraph, example, figure, info (db.titleforbidden.info), informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, programlisting, revhistory, sidebar, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), variablelist.
See Also
Related elements: audioobject, caption (db.html.caption), imageobject, inlinemediaobject, mediaobject, textobject, videoobject.