figure (basic)
Node type: Block element (can contain only other elements)
Whitespace: Not protected
Definition
A block of related content, instantiated by an optional title. For example, an image-type figure would contain a reference to an image followed by caption and credit information.
Child Nodes or Content
Attribute: figType (basic figure)
Attribute: activity
Attribute: highlight
One or more:
Choice of one:
= Optional element or attribute
Parent Elements
Code Sample
<figure figType="image">
<para paraID="1"><image altText="Receiving the Mother Teresa award" href="file://teresa-award.tif"/></para>
<caption>
<para paraID="2">The Very Reverend Joseph Mayo, right, presents the Mother Teresa Award to Craig Jessop, left, and Mac Christensen after the Choir’s Music and the Spoken Word performance.</para>
</caption>
<credit>
<para paraID="3">Photograph by Jeffery D. Allred/Courtesy Deseret Morning News</para>
</credit>
</figure>
Notes
The figure element groups text, tables, lists, and images as needed and helps insure that related objects are styled consistently throughout a publication.
Attributes altText, webURL, and targetURL are allowed on figure elements in order to specify an image to be rendered in web presentations in place of individual components within the figure element. If used, both webURL and altText attributes must be present; the targetURL attribute is always optional.
See Also
Marking in Microsoft Word
Use one of the following paragraph styles, based on the figType attribute. (In these styles, CIT means “citation,” CAP means “caption,” and CRDT means “credit line.”)
| callout | CALL_title, CALL_subtitle, CALL_para, CALL_CAP_para, CALL_CIT_para, CALL-CRDT_para |
| chalkboard | CHALK_title, CHALK_subtitle, CHALK_para, CHALK_CAP_para, CHALK_CIT_para, CHALK-CRDT_para |
| diagram | DIAGM_title, DIAGM_subtitle, DIAGM_para, DIAGM_CAP_para, DIAGM_CIT_para, DIAGM-CRDT_para |
| handout | (Enter code directly using the xmlPara paragraph style.) |
| image | FIGimg_title, FIGimg_subtitle, FIGimg_para, FIGimg_CAP_para, FIGimg_CIT_para, FIGimg-CRDT_para |
| map | (Enter code directly using the xmlPara paragraph style.) |
| moreInfo | INFO_title, INFO_subtitle, INFO_para, INFO_CAP_para, INFO_CIT_para, INFO-CRDT_para |
| music | (Enter code directly using the xmlPara paragraph style.) |
| quote | QUOTE_title, QUOTE_subtitle, QUOTE_para, QUOTE-CAP_para, QUOTE-CIT_para, QUOTE-CRDT_para |
| sideQuote | SIDEQT_title, SIDEQT_subtitle, SIDEQT_para, SIDEQT_CAP_para, SIDEQT_CIT_para, SIDEQT-CRDT_para |
| sideBar | SIDE_title, SIDE_subtitle, SIDE_para, SIDE_CAP_para, SIDE_CIT_para, SIDE-CRDT_para, SIDE-LISTnoMrk-1_para |
| table | FIGtable_title, FIGtable_subtitle, FIGtable_para, FIGtable_CAP_para, FIGtable_CIT_para, FIGtable-CRDT_para |
| wordStrip | WDSTP_title, WDSTP_para |
Note: The paragraph style of all lines within a figure should begin with the same four capital letters. For example, all lines within a callout should have styles that begin with “CALL”. If this isn’t practical, use the xmlPara paragraph style to enter beginning and ending <figure> tags. Include the attribute; for example, <figure figType="callout">.