<thead> Table Head

<thead> is a formatting element which contains <row> elements, which contain <entry> elements (horizontal cells) in a <tgroup> within a <table>. This row forms the header of a table and contains column headings. It may also be used to provide column headings for <c>, <c01> … <c12>, and <dsc>.

Attributes

  • @altrender – not required. Use if the content of the element should be displayed or printed differently than the rendering established in a style sheet for other occurrences of the element.
  • @audience – not required. Use to set whether the element’s contents will be visible to external users or to internal ones. Possible values are: “internal” and “external.”
  • @id – not required. Creates an ID for element. Can be used for linking.
  • @lang – not required. Three-letter code that indicates the language in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 639-2b.
  • @script – not required. Four-letter code that indicates the script in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 15924.
  • @valign – not required. May be used to specify the alignment of text within the rows. Values are “top,” “middle,” or “bottom.” (<row> and <entry> may override this individually.)

Child Elements

<thead> must contain at least one <row>.

Examples

This example is modified from the original example file:

<table frame="all" colsep="true" rowsep="true">
  <tgroup align="center" cols="3">
    <colspec colname="materialtype" colnum="1"/>
    <colspec colname="usetype" colnum="2"/>
    <colspec colname="permissionrequired" colnum="3"/>
    <thead valign="middle">
      <row>
        <entry colname="materialtype">Material Type</entry>
        <entry colname="usetype">Use Type</entry>
        <entry colname="permissionrequired">Permission Required</entry>
      </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody valign="middle">
      <row>
        <entry colname="materialtype">Event recordings, 1980-2008</entry>
        <entry colname="usetype">File copying or other duplication of audio or visual content</entry>
        <entry colname="permissionrequired">Requires permission of the speakers or copyright holders as no waivers or permission slips were obtained</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
        <entry colname="materialtype">Event recordings, 2009-</entry>
        <entry colname="usetype">File copying or other duplication of audio or visual content</entry>
        <entry colname="permissionrequired">Consult with the archivist for waivers which contain specific guidance by each speaker for the duplication and use of each recording. Speakers were given the following options: to restrict duplication entirely, to allow duplication for personal research use, to allow duplication for personal research use and teaching, or to freely allow duplication and use of the materials. These permissions were obtained separately from streaming permissions and copies of the video streaming in the university's YouTube channel should not be interpreted as license to duplicate.</entry>
      </row>
    </tbody>
  </tgroup>
</table>

Changes from EAD 2002

<thead> gained attributes @lang and @script.

EAD3 Tag Library Entry

View the official tag library entry for <thead>