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Re: [docbook] Re: DocBook Annotations
- From: Dave Pawson <davep at dpawson dot co dot uk>
- To: Norm Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- Cc: Docbook List <docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:56:19 +0000
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Re: DocBook Annotations
- References: <873bw1z8kd.fsf@nwalsh.com> <877jl82yfu.fsf@nwalsh.com>
- Reply-to: davep at dpawson dot co dot uk
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 12:43 -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
>
> Paul and I were talking about this earlier today and we kicked around
> another possibility. This may be along the same lines as what John
> Clark proposed.
>
> We could instead do this:
>
> ...
> <info>
> <annotation xml:id="anot.tooltip">
> <title>Tool Tips</title>
> <para>A tool tip is a word or short phrase displayed automatically by
> an application when the user hovers the mouse over some component in the
> user interface.</para></annotation>
> </info>
> ...
> <para>Modern browsers display acronym expansions and link titles as
> â<phrase annotations="anot.tooltip">tool tips</phrase>â.</para>
I can see its utility, certainly for multiple re-use, but
I don't like its verbosity for a simple explanation which I saw
as the typical use of 'alt'.
For annotation it is (perhaps)more reasonable... but how to
differentiate this from a footnote? Just the syntax?
I prefer the former syntax .
regards DaveP