Text descriptive of the component to which it is attached.
This element should not be confused with Title, which is also allowed on Figure. Caption is reserved for a description or explanation; it will not, for example, be retrieved for display in cross-references the way Title will.
A Caption appearing directly inside a Figure should describe the figure as a whole. If each of several images included in a figure requires its own caption, place a Caption in each Media Object.
(para)+
...
<section>
<title>Gourds</title>
<para>The native people grew a variety of large broad-leafed, ground-covering vines which
produced what they called “macocqwer” or gourds. (<emphasis role="ital">See</emphasis>
<xref linkend="gourds"/>.) Varying in color among shades of green, yellow, and orange,
these gourds served a number of functions, not chief of which was as a food source. There
were two distinct types, soft-shelled and hard-shelled. ...</para>
<figure xml:id="gourds" xreflabel="Gourds">
<title>Gourds</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="jpg" fileref="19450212-2.jpg"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<caption>
<para>While gourds, pumpkins and squashes were new to the English, they were soon
discovered to be very useful for warding off starvation.</para>
</caption>
</figure>
<para>...</para>
</section>
...
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