Re: [docbook-tc] inlinemediaobject in alt?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

OK, thanks for the explanation.  Perhaps you could add it to TDG 5.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman Walsh" <ndw@nwalsh.com>
To: <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] inlinemediaobject in alt?

/ "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> was heard to say:
| But why wouldn't you just use a numerical character reference for such 
glyphs?

Because they aren't in Unicode.

| Alt is expected to be processed into an alt attribute value, which could 
not
| contain a graphic glyph.  It would be necessary to provide an alt for the 
alt.
| 8^)

An attribute value is one possibility in one presentation context.