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Subject: RE: markup for mediaobject parameters
> -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 2011 August 30 15:08 > To: Grosso, Paul > Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: markup for mediaobject parameters > > "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> writes: > > By the way, both videodata and audiodata have a @format > > attribute whose declared value is an enumerated list > > consisting of graphic types. This is pretty useless, > > since video and audio objects are not graphics. > > In what version of DocBook? In 4.x. (There are users still using that version.) > In 5.0, it's just text: > > [ > db:refpurpose [ "Specifies the format of the data" ] > ] > attribute format { text }?, That's good. > > > Or we could just drop the @format attribute and plan > > to use the (proposed) general param mechanism which is > > what I have to do at present anyway. > > Well, if your stylesheet can copy the format attribute to the HTML > param, I think I prefer that for the common stuff, but I won't fuss > too much. I agree, I'd rather use the format attribute for what it appears to have been designed for. So we can do that in 5.x but not in 4.x. > > Could I persuade you to make a concrete proposal for the changes that > you'd like to see? Sure I'd be willing to do that, but probably not until the late September time frame. I gather you're only interested in a 5.x solution which means I'll probably still have to invent my own 4.x solution (which is pretty much what I've outlined already). paul
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