<!DOCTYPE table PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"> <table frame='all'><title>Sample Table</title> <tgroup cols='5' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'> <colspec colname='c1'/> <colspec colname='c2'/> <colspec colname='c3'/> <colspec colnum='5' colname='c5'/> <thead> <row> <entry namest="c1" nameend="c2" align="center">Horizontal Span</entry> <entry>a3</entry> <entry>a4</entry> <entry>a5</entry> </row> </thead> <tfoot> <row> <entry>f1</entry> <entry>f2</entry> <entry>f3</entry> <entry>f4</entry> <entry>f5</entry> </row> </tfoot> <tbody> <row> <entry>b1</entry> <entry>b2</entry> <entry>b3</entry> <entry>b4</entry> <entry morerows='1' valign='middle'><para> <!-- Pernicous Mixed Content --> Vertical Span</para></entry> </row> <row> <entry>c1</entry> <entry namest="c2" nameend="c3" align='center' morerows='1' valign='bottom'>Span Both</entry> <entry>c4</entry> </row> <row> <entry>d1</entry> <entry>d4</entry> <entry>d5</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table>