DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

informalfigure — An untitled figure

Synopsis

informalfigure ::= (info? ^{db.titleforbidden.info}, (annotation | bridgehead | remark | revhistory | Indexing inlines | Admonition elements | Formal elements | Graphic elements | Informal elements | List elements | Paragraph elements | Publishing elements | Synopsis elements | Technical elements | Verbatim elements)+, caption? ^db.caption)

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

• floatstyle

• label

• pgwide (enumeration) = “0” | “1”

Description

An informalfigure is a figure without a title. Figures often contain mediaobjects, or other large display elements.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

floatstyle

Specifies style information to be used when rendering the float

label

Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes

pgwide

Indicates if the element is rendered across the column or the page

Enumerated values:
“0”	The element should be rendered in the current text flow (with the flow column width).
“1”	The element should be rendered across the full text page.

See Also

equation, example, figure, informalequation, informalexample, informaltable, table

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example informalfigure</title> <informalfigure> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <info> <author> <personname> <firstname>Norman</firstname> <surname>Walsh</surname> </personname> </author> <pubdate>1998</pubdate> </info> <imagedata ...