Hi,
Am Freitag, 12. Oktober 2018, 15:19:59 CEST schrieb Peter Desjardins:
> I think the table is adding valid semantic structure here. It allows the
> figure numbering to exist at the Docbook level, not in SVG.
>
> Maybe use <figure> elements inside an <informaltable>? You could wrap the
> informaltable in an example to give the entire set of diagrams a title.
Thanks for your reply Peter. I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. :)
If Bernhard tries to display chemical structures, why using an overly
complicated structure? KISS (keep it simple, stupid)! ;) I see no benefit in
using a table here. Even the opposite: tables on mobile devices (EPUB) can
have issues. It's better to avoid them.
Even if you go from simple chemical structure to a chemical reaction, there is
even no reason to split it into several pieces. A structure---and so a
reaction---belongs together IMHO. With the features of SVG, it's possible.
As DocBook doesn't provide a element for chemical structures, you need either
use figure or equation (as Jirka pointed out). For example:
<equation condition="chem">
<title>Steran</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="steran.svg"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>Steran...</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</equation>
IMHO, this is totally enough. Put everything in steran.svg what you need:
labeling, text, arrows, etc.
With the @condition attribute, you can distinguish a chemical structure from a
"normal" equation (if you need to).
Even if you really have to use subfigures for a chemical structure I would
avoid table structures at all costs. For example, if you need to have two
subfigures, you could use two mediaobjects:
<equation condition="chem">
<title>Steran A and B</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="steran-A.svg"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>Steran A...</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="steran-B.svg"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>Steran B...</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</equation>
Of course, you need to delegate the layout to the stylesheet and you need to
write a customization layer. For FO it can be rendered indeed as a table and
for HTML there are different (CSS) methods to position two objects side by
side.
--
Gruß/Regards
Thomas Schraitle
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