Taylor & Francis Journal Article DTD User Guide

DTD User Guide (1.10.1) for DTD "Taylor & Francis Journal Article DTD" version 1.10

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<thead> (Table Head) Description .email comment.

Description

This element contains the rows of the table grid that contain header cells. These rows could be presented at the top of every page that a large table spans over.

<table>
  <tgroup cols="3">
    ...
    <thead>
      <row>
        <entry>HEADER ONE</entry><entry>HEADER TWO</entry><entry>HEADER THREE</entry>
      </row>
    </thead>
    ...
  </tgroup>
</table>

Note that the CALS model has been modified to ensure or encourage additional Taylor & Francis rules and conventions. On this element, the change is: the attribute that specifies vertical alignment now has a default value of "bottom".

Parent Elements

The elements listed below may directly contain this element. They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.

Parent elements: <tgroup>

Model Diagram

The DTD model for this element:

--+(sequence)
  |  
 row (repeatable) -- (elements)

DTD Definition

The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions (note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):

<!ELEMENT thead                          (row+)>
<!ATTLIST thead
                valign                   (top | middle | bottom)  "bottom" 
               %a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>

Defined in DTD section Block-level Content : Tables

General Attributes (shared with other elements)

Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)

Local Attributes (defined for this element alone)

Attribute: valign (Vertical Alignment)

Description

This attribute specifies a vertical alignment for all cells in the table headers. Typically, such cells are vertically aligned to the bottom of the cells, so this is the default value. Individual cells can override this default setting.

Specification

This attribute is required but has a default value of "bottom". The allowed values are "top", "middle" and "bottom".

DTD Definition

                valign                   (top | middle | bottom)  "bottom"