startfloat and endfloat

Programmer's Guide > Programming and Scripting Techniques > Line Numbering in Arbortext Editor and Arbortext Publishing Engine > Line numbering application building reference > The atipl layout markup > The commonattr entity in the layout.dtd > startfloat and endfloat

<!ELEMENT atipl:startfloat EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST atipl:startfloat
class CDATA #IMPLIED
flid CDATA #IMPLIED
pagetype CDATA #IMPLIED
%commonattrs; >

<!ELEMENT atipl:endfloat EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST atipl:endfloat
%commonattrs; >

Floats are parts of a document that do not appear in a set order. Rather, floats appear at the top or bottom of a page, span, or column. The class, flid, and pagetype attributes refer to FOSI concepts associated with every float.