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Name

Alt -- Prose explanation of a nonprose element

Content Model

  #PCDATA

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Alt provides a prose explanation of a nonprose element, such as an equation. It is not intended to support an alternate represenation of the element's content. Alt contains plain text and has common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain Alt: Equation, InformalEquation, InlineEquation.

Children

Alt contains #PCDATA.

Examples

<EQUATION LABEL="2.1.3">
<TITLE>Equation Shown in Two Pieces</TITLE>
<ALT>Correspondence between increasing flatness of
management and research-generated profits</ALT>
<GRAPHIC FILEREF="gr061ch05t1.gif" FORMAT="GIF" 
SRCCREDIT="George Tirebiter"></GRAPHIC>
<GRAPHIC FILEREF="gr061ch05t2.gif" FORMAT="GIF" 
SRCCREDIT="George the Tired"></GRAPHIC>
</EQUATION>

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