docbook and images.

docbook and images.

[Andreas Kostyrka]

Hi!

I do have a question here about <mediaobject>s.

The example in the docbook book, gives multiple formats for one image as
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata ... format="gif"></imageobject>
<imageobject><imagedata ... format="eps"></imageobject>
<textobject>...</textobject>
</mediaobject>

Now, I'm wondering how does the processing system know which and how many
images to include? (Ok, the html stylesheets probably know about gif/jpeg,
and TeX will prefer eps ;), but still there could be a theoretical app
that knows both.)

Andreas
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Re: docbook and images.

[Norman Walsh]

/ Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@mtg.co.at> was heard to say:
| The example in the docbook book, gives multiple formats for one image as
| <mediaobject>
| <imageobject><imagedata ... format="gif"></imageobject>
| <imageobject><imagedata ... format="eps"></imageobject>
| <textobject>...</textobject>
| </mediaobject>
| 
| Now, I'm wondering how does the processing system know which and how many
| images to include? 

A processing system is required to include at most one
image. Under no circumstances do the processing expectations
allow a system to render more than one alternative.

See the, ahem :-), official reference for more details:
http://docbook.org/tdg/html/mediaobject.html

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                                          norm

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