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Subject: RE: [docbook] Best way to represent an image placeholder?
You might consider using a mediaobject with an imageobject with a fileref to an SVG or PNG (or whatever image format you prefer) with a simple "Page Not Available" text message. Then you can set the alternate text for the image to provide specifics of the page that is missing. Another alternative is a mediaobject with a textobject child that describes the page that is not yet available. The textobject can be replaced with an imageobject once the content becomes available. The big choice is to determine which method best maintains the integrity of the document you are representing. Both avoid a dummy fileref (which I also find distasteful). Regards, Larry Rowland -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Hungerford [mailto:stuart.hungerford@anu.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 5:52 PM To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [docbook] Best way to represent an image placeholder? Hi, We're currently using DocBook 5.0 to markup copies of some historical printed publications. These publications can be quite complex and often contain diagrams, maps, charts and figures etc. We don't currently have images for these page graphics but I'd still like the markup to contain some kind of "placeholder" that indicates a missing image. My tests with <imageobject> and <imagedata> show I could use a dummy "fileref" attribute, but that doesn't seem right. Can someone suggest a better approach? Should I be using a processing instruction or some kind of parenthetical note? Any advice much appreciated, Stu -- Stuart Hungerford ANUSF Data Intensive Projects --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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