Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<thead> Table Head

Description:

A formatting element that contains the heading information in a <table>, usually column heads, that appears at the top of the table and may appear again at the top of any physical break in rows in the body. The <thead> element is used inside an ordinary structural <table> and to provide column headings for Components <c> or the Description of Subordinate Components <dsc>.

See related elements <table> and <tgroup> for general table information.

May contain:

row

May occur within:

c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, dsc, 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>[. . .]</tbody>
        </tgroup>
    </table>