Wrapper element for the textual description that is associated with (part of) a Figure, Table (XHTML table model), etc. This is the title for the figure or the description of the figure that prints or displays with the figure.
In print or on display, a caption is usually recognizable because it is not part of the ordinary text flow; it sits just under, above, beside, or in the same small window or page area as the tabular portions of the table or the graphical portions of the figure.
The <caption> element in this DTD contains the entire, visible textual description of an object such as a table or figure, excepting the figure or table number. The text of the caption includes any separately tagged <title> that might be present and as many paragraphs of information as needed. It may include legends, which are not identified as a separate element in this DTD Suite.
The text of the caption does not include words such as “Figure 3.” or “Table 11-a”. These labels may not be present in the XML file, because many publishers choose to generate such text at display time; but if they are in the source XML, they may be preserved using the <label> element.
In a figure
...
<sec>
<title>Results</title>
<p>We identified .... Details of randomization procedures,
treatment schedules, and numbers of patients followed up
are given on the <italic>BMJ</italic> website.</p>
<fig id="F1">
<label>Figure 1</label>
<caption><p>Deaths among patients receiving day hospital
care or alternative services. Odds ratios of death by
end of follow up were calculated by fixed effects model.
Heterogeneity between trials is presented as
&#x03C7;<sup>2</sup></p></caption>
<graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:href="fors2662.f1" alt-version="yes"></graphic>
</fig>
<p>...</p>
</sec>
...
In a table
...
<table-wrap id="TN0.170">
<label>Table 17</label>
<caption><p>Numbers of patients receiving institutional
care at the end of scheduled follow up and use of hospital
beds among those allocated to day hospital or alternative
services</p></caption>
<table>
<tr>
<th/>
<th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Institutional
care</th>
<th align="left"/> <th colspan="2" align="center"
rowspan="1"> Bed use (days)</th>
</tr>
...
</table>
</table-wrap>
...
display.ent