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<hr> Horizontal Rule

Defined to allow the standards producer to specify an explicit (non machine-generated) rule.

Usage/Remarks

Best Practice

Many uses of this element can be replaced with a @style attribute on the containing structure.
Attributes

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<td>, <th>
Description
This is an EMPTY element
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  hr           EMPTY                                        >
Tagged Sample

Spanning table columns

...
<table frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="5">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th></th>
   <th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Institutional care</th>
   <th></th>
   <th colspan="2" align="center" rowspan="1">&#x2003;Bed use (days)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th></th>
   <th colspan="3"><hr/></th>
   <th></th>
   <th colspan="2"><hr/></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th>Control group</th>
   <th align="center">Day hospital</th>
   <th align="center">Control</th>
   <th align="center">Odds ratio (95&#x0025; CI)</th>
   <th></th>
   <th align="center">Day hospital</th>
   <th align="center">Control</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th colspan="7"><hr/></th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>...</tbody>
</table>
...