Topic:

<FIG> Figures

Definition:

The FIG element is used for figures. Subsequent elements will be flowed around the figure if there is sufficient room. This behaviour is disabled when the align attribute is center (the default) or justify.

Attributes:

ID
An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Identifiers are NAME tokens and must be unique within the scope of the current document.

LANG
This is one of the ISO standard language abbreviations, e.g. "en.uk" for the variety of English spoken in the United Kingdom. It can be used by parsers to select language specific choices for quotation marks, ligatures and hyphenation rules. The language attribute is composed from the two letter language code from ISO 639, optionally followed by a period and a two letter country code from ISO 3166.

CLASS
This a space separated list of SGML NAME tokens and is used to subclass tag names. By convention, class names are interpreted hierarchically, with the most general class on the left and the most specific on the right, where classes are separated by a period. The CLASS attribute is most commonly used to attach a different style to some element, but it is recommended that where practical class names should be picked on the basis of the element's semantics, because this permitsother uses, such as restricting search through documents by matching on element class names. The conventions for choosing class names are outside the scope of this document.

CLEAR
When there is already a figure or table in the margin, you sometimes want to position another figure below the figure in the margin rather than alongside it. The CLEAR attribute allows you to move down unconditionally:

clear=left

move down until left margin is clear

clear=right

move down until right margin is clear

clear=all

move down until both margins are clear

clear="40 en"

move down until there is at least 40 en units free

clear="100 pixels"

move down until there is at least 100 pixels free

NOFLOW
The presence of this attribute disables text flow around the figure. It avoids the need to use the CLEAR or NEEDS attributes on the following element.

SRC
Specifies the figure's graphical content. The image is specified as a URI. This attribute may appear together with the MD attribute.

MD
Specifies a message digest or cryptographic checksum for the associated graphic specified by the SRC attribute. It is used when you want to be sure that a linked object is indeed the same one that the author intended, and hasn't been modified in any way. For instance, MD="md5:jV2OfH+nnXHU8bnkPAad/mSQlTDZ" specifies an MD5 checksum encoded as a base64 character string. The MD attribute is generally allowed for all elements which support URI based links.

ALIGN
Specifies horizontal alignment of the figure:

BLEEDLEFT

Flush left with the left (window) border.

LEFT

Flush left with the left text margin.

CENTER

The figure is centered between the text margins and text flow around the figure is disabled. This is the default setting for ALIGN.

RIGHT

Flush right with the right text margin.

BLEEDRIGHT

Flush right with the right (window) border

JUSTIFY

When applicable the figure should be magnified or reduced to fill the space between the left and right text margins. Text flow around the figure is disabled for align=justify.

WIDTH
Specifies the desired width in pixels or en units (according to the value of the UNITS attribute). User agents may scale the figure image to match this width.

HEIGHT
Specifies the desired height in pixels or en units (according to the value of the UNITS attribute). User agents may scale the figure image to match this height.

UNITS
Specifies the choice of units for width and height. units=pixels (the default) specifies pixels, while units=en specifies en units. The en unit is a typographical unit equal to half the point size.

IMAGEMAP
Specifies a URI for processing image clicks and drags.

Context:

<FIG> is legal within:
<BANNER>, <BODYTEXT>, <DD>, <DIV>, <FIGTEXT>, <FN>, <FORM>, <LI>, <NOTE>, <TD>, <TH>

The following markup can be used within <FIG>
<CAPTION>, <CREDIT>, <FIGTEXT>, <OVERLAY>

Suggested style/usage:

Close Tag: REQUIRED

Example:

<FIG SRC=images/trans001.gif>
<FIGTEXT>A list of moods</FIGTEXT></FIG>
<UL>
<LI>happy
<LI>unhappy
<LI>very mad
</UL>