DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

table — A formal table in a document

Synopsis

table (db.cals.table) ::= ((((title & titleabbrev?), info? ^{db.titleforbidden.info}) | info ^{db.titleonlyreq.info}), (alt? & Indexing inlines* & textobject*), (mediaobject+ | tgroup+), caption? ^db.caption)

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

• colsep (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

• floatstyle

• frame (enumeration) = “all” | “bottom” | “none” | “sides” | “top” | “topbot”

• label

• orient (enumeration) = “land” | “port”

• pgwide (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

• rowheader (enumeration) = “firstcol” | “norowheader”

• rowsep (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

• shortentry (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

• tabstyle

• tocentry (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

Additional constraints

• example must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• figure must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• equation must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• informaltable must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• caution must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• important must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• note must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• tip must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

• warning must not occur among the children or descendants of table.

Description

This table element identifies a formal table (one without a title). DocBook allows either CALS or HTML tables, both of which describe tables geometrically using rows, columns, and cells. ...