tbody

Name

tbody -- A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table

Synopsis

Content Model

tbody ::=
(row+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

valign

Enumeration:

bottom
middle
top

None

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Parameter Entities

%tbl.entrytbl.mdl;%tbl.tgroup.mdl;

Description

The TBody wrapper identifies the Rows of a table that form the body of the table, as distinct from the header (THead) and footer (TFoot) rows.

In most tables, the TBody contains most of the rows.

Processing expectations

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.

Parents

These elements contain tbody: entrytbl, tgroup.

Children

The following elements occur in tbody: row.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

Attributes

valign

VAlign specifies the vertical alignment of text (and other elements) within the cells of this TBody.

See Also

colspec, entry, entrytbl, InformalTable, row, spanspec, Table, tfoot, tgroup, thead

Examples

For examples, see entrytbl, FootnoteRef, InformalTable, RefEntry, Table.

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