Segmented lists can be presented in two different ways: as lists or tables. The default is determined by $segmentedlist-style which must be either “list” or “table”.

Consider the following segmentedlist of (some of) the US states and their capitals:

 1 |<segmentedlist>
   |<segtitle>State</segtitle>
   |<segtitle>Capital</segtitle>
   |<seglistitem>
 5 |<seg>Alabama</seg>
   |<seg>Montgomery</seg>
   |</seglistitem>
   |<seglistitem>
   |<seg>Alaska</seg>
10 |<seg>Anchorage</seg>
   |</seglistitem>
   |<seglistitem>
   |<seg>Arkansas</seg>
   |<seg>Little Rock</seg>
15 |</seglistitem>
   |</segmentedlist>

This can be rendered as a table, as shown in Figure 1.1, Segmented list formatted as a table:

Or as a list, as shown in Figure 1.2, Segmented list formatted as a list:

The style can be selected on a per-list basis with the db processing instruction using the segmentedlist-style pseudo-attribute. A table-summary pseudo-attribute is also provided for the table summary in tabular presentations.