Name
tgroup — A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table
Synopsis
tgroup ::=
(colspec*, spanspec*,
thead? db.cals.thead,
tfoot? db.cals.tfoot,
tbody db.cals.tbody)
Attribute synopsis
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
align(enumeration) = “center” | “char” | “justify” | “left” | “right”charcharoff(decimal)cols (positiveInteger)
colsep(enumeration) = “0” | “1”rowsep(enumeration) = “0” | “1”tgroupstyle
Required attributes are shown in bold.
Description
A tgroup surrounds a logically complete portion
of a table. Most tables consist of a single tgroup,
but complex tables with widely varying column specifications may be
easier to code using multiple tgroups.
The tgroup specifies the number of columns in
the table, and contains all of the header, body, and footer rows, along
with any additional column or span specifications necessary to express
the geometry of the table.
Most of the properties of rows, columns, and cells inherit their
default characteristics from the enclosing
tgroup.
Processing expectations
This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition [calsdtd].
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- align
Specifies the horizontal alignment of text in an entry.
Enumerated values: “center” Centered
“char” Aligned on a particular character
“justify” Left and right justified
“left” Left justified
“right” Right justified
- char
Specifies the alignment character when
alignis set to “char”.- charoff
Specifies the percentage of the column’s total width that should appear to the left of the first occurrence of the character identified in
charwhenalignis set to “char”.- cols
The number of columns in the table. Must be an integer greater than zero.
- colsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the column separator.
Enumerated values: “0” No column separator rule.
“1” Provide a column separator rule on the right.
- rowsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the row separator.
Enumerated values: “0” No row separator rule.
“1” Provide a row separator rule below.
- tgroupstyle
Additional style information for downstream processing; typically the name of a style.