simpletable
The simpletable element is used for tables that are regular in structure and do not need a caption. Choose the simpletable element when you want to show information in regular rows and columns. For example, multi-column tabular data such as phone directory listings or parts lists are good candidates for simpletable. Another good use of simpletable is for information that seems to beg for a three-part definition list; the keycol attribute can be used to indicate which column represents the "key" or term-like column of your structure.
This close match of simpletable to tabular, regular data makes simpletable suitable as the basis for specialized structures such as properties (for programming information) and choice tables (for tasks).
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- topic/simpletable
Example 104. Example
Source:
<simpletable>
<sthead>
<stentry>Type style</stentry>
<stentry>Elements used</stentry>
</sthead>
<strow>
<stentry>Bold</stentry>
<stentry>b</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry>Italic</stentry>
<stentry>i</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry>Underlined</stentry>
<stentry>u</stentry>
</strow>
</simpletable>
Formatted output:
Type style | Elements used |
|---|
Bold | b |
Italic | i |
Underlined | u |
Example 105. Example using keycol
In this sample, the first column is identified as a header column through the use of keycol="1" on the simpletable element. This indicates that items in the first column should be treated as headers for the row that follows. Rendering of the header column is left up to the implementation.
Source:
<simpletable keycol="1">
<sthead>
<stentry>Term</stentry>
<stentry>Categorization</stentry>
<stentry>Definition</stentry>
</sthead>
<strow>
<stentry>Widget</stentry>
<stentry>noun</stentry>
<stentry>Thing that is used for something</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry>Frustration</stentry>
<stentry>noun</stentry>
<stentry>What you feel when you drop the widget</stentry>
</strow>
</simpletable>
Formatted output:
Term | Categorization | Definition |
|---|
Widget | noun | Thing that is used for something |
Frustration | noun | What you feel when you drop the widget |
Attributes
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