Friends,
I regularly use the extptr/@title attribute for my img/@alt value.

Mike Ferrando
Library Technician
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
202-707-4454

--- Mark Carlson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here's one way to do it.  I wanted the images to be placed within
> the 
> flow of the text and also include a caption.  I chose <table> since
> it 
> is a much more exacting way to constrain the image and caption
> together. 
>    This leaves no question as to the interpretation of the parts
> that go 
> together.  As an enhancement, I map the "altrender" attribute to
> the 
> "style" attribute in HTML.  This allows me additional control over 
> positioning, fonts, etc. using CSS styles.  Two finding aids that
> use a 
> similar or variation of this technique:
> 
>
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/TripFromNomePHColl492.xml
>
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/JacksonHenry3560.xml
> 
> EAD XML:
> 
> <table altrender="float: right;">
> <tgroup>
> <tbody>
> <row>
> <entry>
> <extptr href="http://www.yourdomain.com/image.jpg" show="embed" 
> actuate="onload" role="image/jpeg" />
> </entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry altrender="font-size: 8pt;">This is the image
> caption</entry>
> </row>
> </tbody>
> </tgroup>
> </table>
> 
> HTML result:
> 
> <table style="float: right;">
> <tr><td>
> <img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/image.jpg"/>
> </td></tr>
> <tr><td style="font-size: 8pt;">This is the image caption</td></tr>
> </table>
> 
> Michele Rothenberger wrote:
> > For one of our finding aids, we have a detailed biographical
> statement
> > to go in the BIOGHIST element.  As part of this we'd like to
> include a
> > photo.  Anyone know the best tagging convention for this?  I
> hesitate to
> > use DAO since the photo isn't really part of the collection, it's
> an
> > added bonus to the biography...what does the Collective Wisdom
> think?
> > 
> > Michele
> > 
> > 
> > -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-
> > Michele Rothenberger
> > Syracuse University
> > Special Collections Research Center
> > Syracuse, NY
> > -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-
> 



		
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