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Figure

Name

Figure---Formal illustration

Synopsis

Content Model 
  (Title, TitleAbbrev?),
  (LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO
  | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis | Address | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO
  | InformalEquation | InformalExample | InformalTable
  | Link | OLink
  | ULink)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name Value(s) Type Default Value
Float NUMBER   0
Label CDATA #IMPLIED  

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Formal illustration. Figure must have a Title, and may have a TitleAbbrev, followed by one or more of BlockQuote, InformalEquation, Graphic, InformalTable, Link, LiteralLayout, OLink, ProgramListing, Screen, Synopsis, and ULink, in any order. To reference an external file containing graphical content use the Graphic element within Figure.

Figure has common, Label, and Float attributes.

Parents

These elements contain Figure: Appendix, Article, BiblioDiv, Bibliography, BlockQuote, Callout, Caution, Chapter, GlossDef, GlossDiv, Glossary, Important, Index, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Note, Para, PartIntro, Preface, Procedure, RefSect1, RefSect2, RefSect3, RefSynopsisDiv, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, SetIndex, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, Tip, and Warning.

Children

Figure contains these elements: Address, BlockQuote, CmdSynopsis, FuncSynopsis, Graphic, GraphicCO, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, Link, LiteralLayout, OLink, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, Synopsis, Title, TitleAbbrev, and ULink.

In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements. Similarly, in some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

Float

Float indicates whether the Figure is to be rendered where convenient (yes, the value 1) or at the place it occurs in the text, which is the default (no, the value 0).

Label

Label holds an identifying number or string to be output in some manner when the element it is applied to is rendered.

Examples

<FIGURE ID="FG-061-ch05-2" FLOAT="1">
<TITLE>The xdmlogwin Display
</TITLE>
<GRAPHIC FILEREF="gr061ch05t2.gif" FORMAT="GIF"></GRAPHIC>
<GRAPHIC ENTITYREF="gr061ch05t3.gif" FORMAT="GIF"></GRAPHIC>
</FIGURE>

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