textobject

textobject — A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information.

Synopsis

textobject ::=

Sequence of:
- info? (db.titleforbidden.info)
- One of:
  - One or more of:
    - bridgehead
    - dialogue
    - drama
    - formalgroup
    - poetry
    - remark
    - revhistory
    - stagedir
    - Indexing inlines
      indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
      indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
      indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
    - Admonition elements
      caution
      danger
      important
      note
      tip
      warning
    - Formal elements
      equation
      example
      figure
      table
    - Graphic elements
      mediaobject
    - Informal elements
      informalequation
      informalexample
      informalfigure
      informaltable
    - List elements
      bibliolist
      calloutlist
      glosslist
      itemizedlist
      orderedlist
      procedure
      qandaset
      simplelist
      variablelist
    - Paragraph elements
      anchor
      formalpara
      para
      simpara
    - Publishing elements
      address
      blockquote
      epigraph
      sidebar
    - Technical elements
      procedure
      task
    - Verbatim elements
      literallayout
  - phrase (db.phrase)
  - textdata

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

No additional attributes.

Description

A textobject is a wrapper containing a textual description of a media object and its associated meta-information. A textobject is only allowed in mediaobject as a fallback. It cannot be the primary content.

There are two different forms of textobject, and it is not unreasonable for a media object to contain both of them.

In the first form, the content of a textobject is simply a phrase. This form is a mechanism for providing a simple alt text for a media object. The phrase might be used, for example, as the value of the alt attribute on an HTML img, with the primary content of the image coming from one of the other objects in the media object.

In the second form, the content of textobject is a longer, prose description. This form could be used when rendering to devices that are incapable of displaying any of the other alternatives.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. It might not be rendered at all, depending on its placement within a mediaobject or inlinemediaobject and the constraints on the publishing system. For a more detailed description of the semantics involved, see mediaobject.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

any attribute: Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

Parents

These elements contain textobject: informaltable, inlinemediaobject, literallayout, mediaobject, table.

Children

The following elements occur in textobject: address, anchor, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, danger, dialogue, drama, epigraph, equation, example, figure, formalgroup, formalpara, glosslist, important, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, phrase (db.phrase), poetry, procedure, qandaset, remark, revhistory, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, stagedir, table, task, textdata, tip, variablelist, warning.