## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 1.0: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

# position

Typically indicates whether a display object (for example, figure, table, boxed text) must be anchored in its exact location within the text or may float to a different location in the document (for example, top of the next page, into the next column, within a separate window). Also used to indicate that the display object should be placed in the margin or used as a background image behind the text.

## Usage

This attribute is used:

- On the <fig> element representing an individual figure, and
- On other elements representing display objects (for example, on the <boxed-text> or <fig-group> elements).

## Attribute Values

#### In Elements

<boxed-text>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <fig-group>, <graphic>, <media>, <preformat>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <table-wrap-group>

Value | Meaning
--- | ---
anchor | The object must remain in its exact location in the text flow.
background | The object (typically an image) is used as background displayed visually “behind” the narrative text.
float | The object is not anchored and may be moved to a new column, a new window, a new page, the end of the document, etc.
margin | In print, the object should be placed in the margin or gutter; online, the object should remain closely associated with the text.
Default value: float

#### In Element

##### <fig>

Value | Meaning
--- | ---
Data characters | Text, numbers, or special characters.
Default value: float

#### Suggested usage

The values of the @position attribute are not constrained when it appears on the <fig> element. Meaningful values include those in the enumeration above; also `float-left` and `float-right`.

## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 1.0: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### Version of April 2012