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Element Name: colspec
Description: CALS Open Table Model.
Bills DTD Content Model:
Attributes:
Name: align
Description: To be defined when tables are defined.
Value(s): left, right, center, justify, char
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: align-modify-variable
Description: Will override whatever is specified in the "align" attribute and will make the output center if it is no more than two lines, but will make it flush and hang if it is more than two lines. The value of "1" will activate this override.
Value(s): 0, 1
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: char
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Default source for entrys starting in this column. If character alignment is specified, the value is the single alignment character source for any implied char values for entry immediately in this column. A value of "" (the null string) means there is no aligning character.
Value(s): CDATA
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: charoff
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. It represents the horizontal offset of the alignment character when align=char .
Value(s): NMTOKEN
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: coldef
Description: Provides for column definiton. Examples: text with no leader dots, no spread or align on character.
Value(s): trace, fig, txt, txt-no-ldr, txt-no-spread, txt-no-ldr-no-spread, align-on-char
Default Value: #REQUIRED
Name: colname
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Name of column, used to specify the position or horizontal span of columns in a row by reference in entry using colname, namest, and/or nameend.
Value(s): NMTOKEN
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: colnum
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Number of column, counting from 1 at left of the table. The value of colnum is not useful to identify a column in an entry, so serves no functional purpose other than a consistency check on the order of the colspecs.
Value(s): NMTOKEN
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: colsep
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Specifies the presence or absence of column separator rules (vertical rules). Provides the default value for all tgroups in this table.
Value(s): 0, 1
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: colsep-modify
Description: Vertical rules (colsep) will by default normally be hairline rules. A value of "1" in the "colsep" attribute must be used to make the rule in the default weight. The appropriate "colsep-modify" attribute must also be used to change the output to a parallel or bold rule.
Value(s): parallel, bold
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: colwidth
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Either proportional measure of the form number*, e.g., “5*” for 5 times the proportion, or “*” (which is equivalent to “1*”); fixed measure, e.g., 2pt for 2 point, 3pi for 3 pica. (Mixed measure, e.g., 2*+3pt, while allowed in the full CALS table model, is not supported in this Exchange model.) Coefficients are positive integers or fixed point numbers; for fixed point numbers, a leading (possibly 0) integer part is required, and implementations should support at least 2 decimal places. A value of "" [the null string] is treated as a proportional measure of “1*”.
Value(s): CDATA
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Name: min-data-value
Description: All columns must have a minimum data value specified as a starting point for calculations to justify the table. Text columns must be specified as the minimum number of points required for a given column. The text columns will by default, spread as necessary, unless overridden, for justification of the table.
Value(s): NMTOKEN
Default Value: #REQUIRED
Name: rowsep
Description: This attribute is defined by the OASIS Open Exchange Table Model. Specifies the presence or absence of row separator rules (horizontal rules). Provides the default value for all tgroups in this table.
Value(s): 0, 1
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Parent Elements:
  • tgroup