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Re: [docbook] Captions in union table model
- From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>
- To: "Oliver Horn" <oliver dot horn at gmx dot net>, "David M. Jones" <dmj at ams dot org>, <docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:25:56 -0700
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Captions in union table model
- References: <200409152029.i8FKTseB023725@dmj.ams.org> <4148B5B4.3000401@gmx.net>
Hi Oliver,
That is exactly what the DocBook Technical Committee intended.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Horn" <oliver.horn@gmx.net>
To: "David M. Jones" <dmj@ams.org>; <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] Captions in union table model
> Hi David,
>
> > Is the caption element really meant to be required in the union table
> > content model in htmltblx.mod?
>
> IMO it is required because DocBook distinguishes between formal object
> (with title) and informal objects (without title). The table element is
> used to represent formal tables and hence requires a title. The
> equivalent in the HTML content model is caption.
>
> If you have a table without a title, you have to use the informaltable
> element which supports the HTML content model too (but without caption).
>
> <!ENTITY % informal.tbl.table.mdl
> "(textobject*,
> (graphic+|mediaobject+|tgroup+))
> | ((col*|colgroup*), thead?, tfoot?, (tbody+|tr+))">
>
> Bye
> Oliver
>
>