[jats-list] Re: Table Subheads

["Michael Cunningham michael.cunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gareth

This might be too simplistic, but a possible solution using the XHTML table
model might be as follows:
I believe that using the 'table header cell' element <th> in either the table
header <thead> or the table body <tbody> is valid (see example in
http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.1/element/th.html)
So perhaps marking up the 'subheadings' in <tbody> with the <th> element (with
@colspan (?)) would distinguish them from the regular table data <td> content
within main table body, and at least allow them to be rendered/styled
differently to the rest of the table body.
e.g.

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Condition</th>
<th>Pressure at Top of Vessel</th>
<th>Pressure Due to Static Head [Note (1)]</th>
<th>Temperature</th>
<th>Remarks</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="5">Condition 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>For vessel as a whole</td>
<td>Design pressure</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>Coincident metal</td>
<td>Pressure and temperature to be stamped on nameplate</td>
</tr>
...
</tbody>
</table>

all the best

Michael

Michael Cunningham
Publishing Operations Manager
Portland Press | Biochemical Society
Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU, UK
email: michael.cunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Michael Cunningham
Publishing Operations Manager
Portland Press | Biochemical Society
Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU, UK
email: michael.cunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Tel: +44 20 7685 2410


From: Gareth Oakes goakes@xxxxxxx
[mailto:jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 June 2016 02:56
To: jats-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jats-list] Table Subheads

Hi JATS Listers,

In discussions with one of our clients we realised there isnbt really a
standard way to markup table subheadings. See here for an example:
https://app.box.com/s/tg5cnluyw34cuzozfnbxbbf7r2gatfwn

The intent of column subhead markup is:
b"         Mark one row (or two or more consecutive rows) as a subhead (in
addition to the main column heads)
b"         Resulting in special treatment for the row(s):
o   Appearance and styling (e.g. bold text or shaded background)
o   Control PDF page/column breaks (e.g. keep row(s) together, keep with next
row)
o   Repeat column subheads below main column heads (at top of PDF page/column,
after page/column breaks)

In my example that would mean when the table continues to the next page, we
want the bCondition 4b row repeated below the bCondition/Pressure/b&b
column header row at the top of the next page. We would also avoid page breaks
between each bCondition Xb row and its following row.

Is this something that has been tackled before? This particular client is
using CALS tables, but Ibd be interested in XHTML table solutions also. We
can handle the PDF side, but are looking at suggestions for markup of such
tables.

Regards,
Gareth

// Gareth Oakes
// Chief Architect, GPSL
// www.gpsl.co



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