Hi Rob, As far as the DocBook XSL stylesheets go, the @label attribute is treated as a manual override for the generated *number* for a section, table, figure, etc. It is just the number part, as in "1-1".
Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 4:53 PM Subject: [docbook] purpose of "label" attribute I'm looking for some clarification on the intended purpose of the "label" attribute on <book>, <chapter>, <section>, <appendix>, etc. The documentation states: "Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes". I find this description to be wanting. The section title is "an identifying string". I presume that the "label" attribute value is not intended to replace the title, but to be prepended, appended, or otherwise made to appear in a context that associates it with the section (something like "Section 1-1:"). But the wording is so vague that I can't be sure of that. ************************* Rob Cavicchio Principal Technical Writer & Information Architect EMC Captiva Information Intelligence Group EMC Corporation 3721 Valley Centre Drive, Ste 200 San Diego, CA 92130 P: (858) 320-1208 F: (858) 320-1010 E: [email protected] The opinions expressed here are my personal opinions. Content published here is not read or approved in advance by EMC and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of EMC.
