Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook 5.x - the difference between mediaobjectand inlinemediaobject

[Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com>]

John Brown wrote:
> 
> Isn't everything "inline"? 

No.

Let us say our media object is FOO.

We may insert FOO inline.  Or, we may reference

	FOO

as a block-level object separately.

As with everything in DocBook, this presentation issue isn't specified 
by DocBook itself.  But, the two different tags exist because these two 
ways of showing graphics and such are common needs, with common default 
interpretations.  You use 'inline' for something small that can be read 
right along with the text, and regular presentation for everything else.