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'''tei:table (table)''' "contains text displayed in tabular form, in rows and columns" (http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/ref-TABLE.html). The tei:table element contains [[rows]] made up of [[cells]].

For a general discussion of how to encode tables in a variety of structural languages, see [[Table]] (part of the [[:Category:How_do_I_encode...]] [[:Category:DMBinders | Binder]]). For a complete discussion of the tei element, see the relevant sections of the [http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/ TEI P4 guidelines], http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/.

Tables '''never''' should be used in any [[structural language]] to position non-tabular material (e.g. multiple columns of text) on the page. Such layout can and should be handled by [[style sheets]].

==Subclasses and attributes==

There are no required [[attributes]] or subclasses.

<code>@type</code> or <code>@rend</code> may be used to distinguish among different types of tables, e.g.

rend="wide"
rend="tall"
rend="border"

See the [http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/ref-TABLE.html TEI Guidelines] for a discussion of available [[attributes]].

==Style==

Tables may be formatted a number of ways depending on their nature and type:

* With or without border lines.
* With cells, rows, or columns of different background colors.
* With some cells in borders.

===CSS===

If you are attempting to display a TEI XML document directly in a commercial browser, the following CSS fragments can be used to style the element:

====Basic====

table {
display:table;
}

This assumes the table is to appear as a [[block]] element (similar to a paragraph). Tables used in-line should have their <code>@display</code> set to <code>inline-table</code>. The table has no borders.

====With thin single borders====

The following adds a thin solid border around the table. Setting to border collapse to <code>collapse</code> ensures that only a single line appears between rows, columns, with borders.

table {
display:table;
border: thin solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}

For additional [[CSS]] table styles, see [[Table#CSS | Table[] (part of the [[:Category:How_do_I_encode...]] [[:Category:DMBinder | binder]]).

===XSLT===

====Conversion to XHTML====

If you are going to convert your TEI table to XHTML, the minimal template looks like this

<xsl:template match="table">
<table><xsl:apply-templates/></table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="row">
<tr><xsl:apply-templates/></tr>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="cell">
<td><xsl:apply-templates/></td>
</xsl:template>

CSS styles for this element are as above.

==Related topics==

* [[:Category:How_do_I_encode...]] > [[Table]]
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