Jirka Kosek <
jirka@kosek.cz> writes: > > Well, then description is outdated, it was not simply updated. Ah. My bad. How's this? <refsection condition="ref.description"> <title>Description</title> <para>The <tag>alt</tag> element was originally added to DocBook to provide an alternative, usually text, presentation for graphical elements. In DocBook V5.0, it was made a €œubiquitous € element so that it's available almost everywhere. The semantic intent of <tag>alt</tag> is simply that it provides alternative text, often for accessibility.</para> <refsection> <title>Processing expectations</title> <para>May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. It is not usually rendered where it occurs, rather it is used to annotate some other aspect of the presentation.</para> <para>For example, in an HTML presentation, the <tag>alt</tag> for a media object would likely provide the text of the <tag class="attribute">alt</tag> attribute for the HTML <tag namespace="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ;>img</tag> element.</para> <para>In the context of an <tag>acronym</tag>, the <tag>alt</tag> could provide the <tag class="attribute">title</tag> attribute for the HTML <tag namespace="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ;>phrase</tag>, commonly presented as a €œtooltip € in visual browsers.</para> </refsection> Better? And does this provide a satisfactory close for 3107140? Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh <
ndw@nwalsh.com> True peace is not merely the
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