Using the <subfigure> tag

Description

The subfigure tag is used when you want to include multiple figures, tables, or blocks of code within a single figure tag. You should use the subfigure tag only if the subfigures are related and you want to display them together. The subfigure tag is similar to the figure tag, except that it cannot contain another subfigure tag.

Example

This CNXML:


<figure id="dogs-fig" orient="horizontal">
  <title>Some very cute dogs</title>
  <subfigure id="dogs-subfig1">
    <media id="dog-1"
           alt="A dog sitting on a bed">
      <image mime-type="image/jpeg" 
             src="image1.jpg" />
    </media>
  </subfigure>
  <subfigure id="dogs-subfig2">
    <media id="dog-2"
           alt="A dog looking on">
      <image mime-type="image/jpeg" 
             src="image2.jpg" />
    </media>
  </subfigure>
</figure>

Results in this display:

Figure 1

Some very cute dogs

(a)	(b)

Attributes(what's this?)

type (optional): Defines the type of subfigure in order to give specialized control over numbering. Subfigures of the same type are numbered in series (i.e., Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)...). Type can be used in conjunction with label so that subfigures of each user-defined type appear with their own label. Type can be any user-defined value that reflects the purpose of the subfigure.
id (required): A unique identifier, whose value must begin with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, colons, and/or periods (no spaces).

Children(what's this?)

First, subfigure may contain an optional label tag, followed by an optional title tag. Next, it must contain:

One media tag, - OR -
One table tag, - OR -
One code tag.

Finally, figure may contain an optional caption tag.

Parents(what's this?)

figure

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