Re: [docbook] <subtitle>s in <table>s

[Mike Maxwell <maxwell@umiacs.umd.edu>]

On 5/1/2011 7:35 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
> Generally caption is used for explanatory paragraphs. Its content
> model is block elements, which differs significantly from a title.
>
> I don't think a request for subtitle on tables has come up before.
>
> You can put a textobject element after title and before tgroup. That
> also takes block elements like para, but could perhaps meet your
> needs. I'm not sure how the textobject element formats, though, so
> that might need some customization.

Ok, I'll think about using textobject instead.  I overlooked it.

Now that I see the description of textobject 
(http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/textobject.html), it looks like it 
was originally intended to be used only with mediaobject:
     A textobject is a wrapper containing a textual description
     of a media object and its associated meta-information. A
     textobject is only allowed in mediaobject as a fallback...
But (now?) it's also used with CALS tables, informaltable, 
programlisting, and several other elements.  Perhaps the Description 
should be updated?
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