- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:31:09 -0600
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Leif, You wrote to Tab [1]: > What you did not prove anywhere, is that people will *not* have a > difficult time understanding what <figure> is about. I did a little bit of searching and found some definitions, style guides, and examples. Sidebar: I'd like to start a Wiki page to track this figure issue but have learned that the ESW Wiki is no longer supported. http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/wiki/HTML_Task_Force Mike, Will the HTML WG be getting a new Wiki instance like the accessibility task force? Anyway, in the mean time, this is what I have found: Definitions: "A 'figure' is a graphic such as a map, bar graph, or diagram." http://people.uleth.ca/~maclachlan/General/Style_Guide.htm#_1_13 "In a book (or a dissertation or report) a figure is a drawing or diagram" http://studymore.org.uk/glofig.htm#Figure "A figure is a graphic illustration (that is, it must be drawn or drafted) such as a chart, graph, diagram, map, photograph, or plate." http://www.iuj.ac.jp/gsir/thesis/writing.html#I45 "A figure is any visual that is not a table." http://www.ryerson.ca/els/Replacement%20Workshops/Research%20Paper.htm "a figure is a chart, graph, diagram, map, drawing, or any other non-text item that is note a table." http://www.aijstpme.kmutnb.ac.th/standard.html#ill "A figure is an illustration, graph or picture that is useful to explaining the point you which to make in the report." http://oak.snr.missouri.edu/nr3110/topics/tables.html "'Any type of illustration other than a table is referred to as a figure (APA, 2009, p. 125)." http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm#Sec50 "Figures include non-text entries such as graphs, illustrations, photos, and artwork (tables are not figures)." http://www.cm.cahs.colostate.edu/students/graduate/files/APA%20Style%20Guide.pdf "A figure is 'the image, likeness, or representation of something material or immaterial' (OED). Use for any learning resource that consists of or contains visual representation(s) other than text, including photographs, maps, video, animations, and visual hypermedia." http://www.cancore.ca/en/help/44.html "Figures: A common use of Figures is to present graphs, photographs, or other illustrations (other than tables). See the Publication Manual (2010, pp. 150-167) for detailed examples." http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796 "Figures include all types of illustrations (i.e., graphs, maps, charts, photographs, drawings, etc.)." http://graduate.asu.edu/format/apa.html "Tables are not figures; graphs are figures, so don't refer to 'Table 1' as 'Figure 1.'" http://library.williams.edu/citing/departments/psyc.php "figure - A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title" http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/figure.html "A figure is a way to help your reader to understand your data more easily" http://gilsonlab.umbi.umd.edu/writing3a.html "Figure types *Statistical graphs, charts, and simple diagrams * Photographic images (color photos, radiographs, ultrasound images, CT scans, MRI scans, electron micrographs, and photomicrographs) * Illustrations * Videos" http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/jamatechreqfigures.pdf Style Guides: http://www.uwsp.edu/PSYCH/apa4b.htm#IIH http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/style.htm http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/style_guide.html#figures-and-tables http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/me2024/ http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm#Sec50 http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/resources/writingnotes/latexstyle.html#figures http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/ifora.dtl#Figures Examples: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/20/ http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/STYSTYLE.HTM#tables,%20figs%20&%20equ http://www.citationonline.net/CitationHelp/csg04-manuscripts-apa.htm http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html#figures_tables_and_examples http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm#tab_5_1 http://wiki.hitsp.org/docs/TN904/TN904-6.html http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter5/sec1.html http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/pubs/05085/chapt5.htm http://www.pnas.org/content/104/29/12069/suppl/DC1 http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_sr/?src=/Climate/ipcc/aviation/059.htm http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/hazmat/chapter5.htm http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2006/publications/report/human-settlements-2.html http://144.16.93.203/energy/paper/comparitive/results.htm http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/2007/lbrdc-vsmrc/intro-eng.php#12 http://www.agiledata.org/essays/umlDataModelingProfile.html#Table3ClassStereotypes http://www.cvdinfobase.ca/cvdbook/En/Chapter5Main.htm http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/grashdyn/results.htm http://youngcow.net/doc/oracle10g/text.102/b14217/view.htm http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/preslectures/andreasen93/index.html http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_42_fig1.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslarchive/aaslbucket/slmr/actionresearch.cfm http://www.sapac.edu.au/systems/aquila/docs/sgi-propack3/Porting_Guide/sgi_html/ch05.html http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/swineflu/Reports/reports.htm http://www.state.nj.us/health/cancer/prostate/incidence.htm http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/05/19405/37647 http://www.greenfacts.org/en/biofuels/figtableboxes/figure-5.htm http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/useCaseDiagram.htm http://nsidc.org/news/press/20091005_minimumpr.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188966.aspx http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/trioshrt.html http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/yale_journal_of_criticism/v016/16.1biro_figures.html http://www.av8n.com/physics/periodic-table.htm http://www.iuns.org/features/obesity/tabfig.htm http://www.devdaily.com/blog/post/latex/reference-figure-or-table-within-latex-document Best Regards, Laura [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Dec/0007.html -- Laura L. Carlson
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