XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Table Elements

There are 10 display values that identify elements as parts of a table. These are:

table	table-row
inline-table	table-column-group
table-row-group	table-column
table-header-group	table-cell
table-footer-group	table-caption

These display values have the obvious meanings by analogy with HTML 4.0 table tags. Their use should be consistent with each other and with other elements in the document. For instance, an element formatted as a table-row element should have a parent element formatted as a table and child elements formatted as table cells. For example, these three rules format the ingredients as a simple table:

ingredients         { display: table      }
ingredient          { display: table-row  }
quantity, component { display: table-cell }