Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<tbody> Table Body

Description:

A formatting element that contains one or more <row> elements, which in turn contain <entry> elements in a <table>. The <tbody> element identifies the body of the information in a <table>, as distinct from the column headings (Table Head <thead>).

See also related elements <entry>, <row>, <table>, <tgroup>, and <thead>.

May contain:

row

May occur within:

tgroup

Attributes:

Example:

    <table frame="none">
        <tgroup cols="3">
            <colspec colnum="1" colname="1" align="left" colwidth="50pt"/>
            <colspec colnum="2" colname="2" align="left" colwidth="50pt"/>
            <colspec colnum="3" colname="3" align="left" colwidth="50pt"/>
            <thead>
                <row>
                    <entry colname="1">Major Family Members</entry>
                    <entry colname="2">Spouses</entry>
                    <entry colname="3">Children</entry>
                </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <row>
                    <entry colname="1">John Albemarle (1760-1806)</entry>
                    <entry colname="2">Mary Frances Delaney (1769-1835)</entry>
                    <entry colname="3">John Delaney Albemarle (1787-1848)</entry>
                </row> . . .
            </tbody>
        </tgroup>
    </table>