table

table — A formal table in a document

Synopsis

Content Model

table ::=
(((blockinfo?,
   (title,titleabbrev?),
   (indexterm)*,
   textobject*,
   (graphic+|mediaobject+|tgroup+))|
  (caption,
   (col*|colgroup*),
   thead?,tfoot?,
   (tbody+|tr+))))

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
rowsep	CDATA	None
ondblclick	CDATA	None
floatstyle	CDATA	None
onkeydown	CDATA	None
onkeyup	CDATA	None
onmouseup	CDATA	None
onmouseover	CDATA	None
align	Enumeration: center left right	None
pgwide	CDATA	None
orient	Enumeration: land port	None
onkeypress	CDATA	None
onmousedown	CDATA	None
onclick	CDATA	None
title	CDATA	None
class	CDATA	None
label	CDATA	None
width	CDATA	None
frame	Enumeration: above all below border bottom box hsides lhs none rhs sides top topbot void vsides	None
rules	CDATA	None
summary	CDATA	None
bgcolor	CDATA	None
tabstyle	CDATA	None
cellspacing	CDATA	None
colsep	CDATA	None
shortentry	CDATA	None
onmouseout	CDATA	None
onmousemove	CDATA	None
style	CDATA	None
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	None
border	CDATA	None
rowheader	Enumeration: firstcol norowheader	None
cellpadding	CDATA	None
tocentry	CDATA	None

Description

The Table element identifies a formal table. DocBook uses the CALS table model, which describes tables geometrically using rows, columns, and cells.

Tables may include column headers and footers, but there is no provision for row headers.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition, as specified by OASIS Technical Memorandum TM 9502:1995 .

Future Changes

The OASIS Exchange Table Model will replace the full OASIS Table Model.

Parents

These elements contain table: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caution, chapter, constraintdef, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, important, index, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, th, tip, warning.

Children

The following elements occur in table: blockinfo, caption, col, colgroup, graphic, indexterm, mediaobject, tbody, textobject, tfoot, tgroup, thead, title, titleabbrev, tr.

CALS Attributes

colsep

If ColSep has the value 1 (true), then a rule will be drawn to the right of all columns in this table. A value of 0 (false) suppresses the rule. The rule to the right of the last column in the table is controlled by the Frame attribute, not the ColSep.

frame

Frame specifies how the table is to be framed:

Value	Meaning
all	Frame all four sides of the table. In some environments with limited control over table border formatting, such as HTML, this may imply additional borders.
bottom	Frame only the bottom of the table.
none	Place no border on the table. In some environments with limited control over table border formatting, such as HTML, this may disable other borders as well.
sides	Frame the left and right sides of the table.
top	Frame the top of the table.
topbot	Frame the top and bottom of the table.

There is no way to obtain a border on only the starting edge (left, in left-to-right writing systems) of the table.

label

Label specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes.

Generally, an explicit Label attribute is used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label automatically. If present, the Label is normative; it will used even if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.

orient

Orient specifies the orientation of the Table. An orientation of Port is the “upright”, the same orientation as the rest of the text flow. An orientation of Land is 90 degrees counterclockwise from the upright orientation.

pgwide

If Pgwide has the value 0 (false), then the Table is rendered in the current text flow (with flow column width). A value of 1 (true) specifies that the table should be rendered across the full text page.

rowsep

If RowSep has the value 1 (true), then a rule will be drawn below all the rows in the Table (unless other, interior elements, suppress some or all of the rules). A value of 0 (false) suppresses the rule. The rule below the last row in the table is controlled by the Frame attribute and the RowSep of the last row is ignored.

shortentry

If ShortEntry has the value 1 (true), then the Table's TitleAbbrev will be used in the LoT, Index, etc. A value of 0 (false) indicates that the full Title should be used in those places.

tabstyle

TabStyle holds the name of a table style defined in a stylesheet (e.g., a FOSI) that will be used to process this document.

tocentry

If ToCEntry has the value 1 (true), then the Table will appear in a generated List of Tables. The default value of 0 (false) indicates that it will not.

HTML Attributes

This element has the HTML event attributes.

align

TBD.

bgcolor

TBD.

border

TBD.

cellpadding

TBD.

cellspacing

TBD.

class

TBD.

frame

TBD.

label

TBD.

rules

Controls the rules used inside the table. The legal values are “none”, “groups”, “rows”, “cols”, and “all”. The DTD does not enforce this constraint because it introduces a conflict in attribute values that violates an SGML constraint.

shortentry

TBD.

summary

TBD.

tabstyle

TBD.

title

TBD.

See Also

colspec, entry, entrytbl, equation, example, figure, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, row, spanspec, tbody, tfoot, tgroup, thead.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE table PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<table frame='all'><title>Sample Table</title>
<tgroup cols='5' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
<colspec colname='c1'/>
<colspec colname='c2'/>
<colspec colname='c3'/>
<colspec colnum='5' colname='c5'/>
<thead>
<row>
  <entry namest="c1" nameend="c2" align="center">Horizontal Span</entry>
  <entry>a3</entry>
  <entry>a4</entry>
  <entry>a5</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<row>
  <entry>f1</entry>
  <entry>f2</entry>
  <entry>f3</entry>
  <entry>f4</entry>
  <entry>f5</entry>
</row>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<row>
  <entry>b1</entry>
  <entry>b2</entry>
  <entry>b3</entry>
  <entry>b4</entry>
  <entry morerows='1' valign='middle'><para>  <!-- Pernicous Mixed Content -->
  Vertical Span</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry>c1</entry>
  <entry namest="c2" nameend="c3" align='center' morerows='1' valign='bottom'>Span Both</entry>
  <entry>c4</entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry>d1</entry>
  <entry>d4</entry>
  <entry>d5</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>

Table 2. Sample Table

Horizontal Span		a3	a4	a5
f1	f2	f3	f4	f5
b1	b2	b3	b4	Vertical Span
c1	Span Both		c4
d1			d4	d5