scope

Scope (NISO JATS table model)

Specifies the cells for which the <td> element provides header information. This provides an alternative to using explicitly named header elements (<th>) if the arrangement of header cells is not complex. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL scope attribute.)

Remarks

Standards Note: This attribute has nothing to do with the Scope section of a standard or adoption; this scope is for XHTML tables only.
Caution: This attribute has not (as of 2016) been widely supported.

Used on Elements: <td>, <th>

ValueMeaning
colProvides header information for the rest of a column.
colgroupProvides header information for the rest of a column group (i.e., the remaining cells within the <colgroup> element).
rowProvides header information for the rest of a row.
rowgroupProvides header information for the rest of a row group (i.e., the remaining cells of the current <thead>, <tfoot>, or <tbody>).
RestrictionThis is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example

...
<table border="2" rules="groups" style="border-collapse: collapse; 
 border-style: solid;" width="298">
 <col width="41.86%"/>
 <col width="58.14%"/>
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th align="center" scope="col" style="border-left: solid 1px; 
    border-top: solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: 
    solid 2px" valign="middle"><bold>Shore AO value</bold></th>
   <th align="center" scope="col" style="border-left: solid 1px; 
    border-top: solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: 
    solid 2px" valign="middle"><bold>Value of spring force</bold>, 
    <italic>F</italic>, <bold>in</bold> mN<break/>
    (&Delta;<italic>F</italic>&equals; &plusmn; 37,5 mN)<xref 
    ref-type="fn" rid="table-fn_23.1"><sup>a</sup></xref></th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td align="center" scope="row" style="border-left: solid 1px; 
    border-top: solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: 
    solid 1px" valign="middle">0</td>
   <td align="center" style="border-left: solid 1px; border-top: 
    solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: solid 1px" 
    valign="middle">550,0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td align="center" scope="row" style="border-left: solid 1px; 
    border-top: solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: 
    solid 1px" valign="middle">10</td>
   <td align="center" style="border-left: solid 1px; border-top: 
    solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: solid 1px" 
    valign="middle">1 300,0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td align="center" scope="row" style="border-left: solid 1px; 
    border-top: solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: 
    solid 1px" valign="middle">20</td>
   <td align="center" style="border-left: solid 1px; border-top: 
    solid 1px; border-right: solid 1px; border-bottom: solid 
    1px" valign="middle">2 050,0</td>
  </tr>
  ...
 </tbody>
</table>
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