Re: [jats-list] Taglib example of empty <xref>?

["Debbie Lapeyre dalapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tony -- it will be fixed. Good spotting.
We will need to explain the with-and-without <xref> samples,
to make it clear when you might use which and why.

--Debbie

On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In some/most circumstances, it can make for easier authoring of a
> cross-reference to a figure/footnote/citation if you just have to get the
> ID right and you don't have to put in the right number and/or other text
> and/or markup as the content of the <xref> element, and, for example, the
> core JATS preview stylesheets are able to generate a label for an empty
> <xref>.
>
> Would it be useful for the Article Authoring Tag Library to show an
> example of an empty <xref> as well as example(s) of <xref> with content?
>
> Also, there's a bit too much escaping going on in the current <xref>
> examples.
>
> ----
> See <xref alt="figure 4">Fig&amp;#x00A0;IV.</xref>
> ----
>
> should, presumably, show as:
>
> ----
> See <xref alt="figure 4">Fig&#x00A0;IV.</xref>
> ----
>
> (though you could get by with "&#xA0;").
>
> and in the two cross-references in Example 2, "&amp;#x00A012;" presumably
> should also be "&#x00A0;".
>
> (FWIW, &#x00A012; would produce YI SYLLABLE OP.)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tony Graham                                         tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx
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