textdata

textdata — Pointer to external text data

Synopsis

Content Model

textdata ::=
EMPTY

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
srccredit	CDATA	None
entityref	ENTITY	None
encoding	CDATA	None
fileref	CDATA	None
format	Enumeration: BMP CGM-BINARY CGM-CHAR CGM-CLEAR DITROFF DVI EPS EQN FAX GIF GIF87a GIF89a IGES JPEG JPG linespecific PCX PDF PIC PNG PS SGML SVG SWF TBL TEX TIFF WMF WPG	None

Description

This element points to an external entity containing text to be inserted.

Note

Any markup in the text identified with textdata will be escaped. In other words, this element is for inserting things like program listings, not parts of an XML document. To break a document into separate physical files, use entities.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Insert the text.

There are two ways to provide content for textdata: entityref or fileref. It is best to use only one of these methods, however, if multiple sources are provided, entityref will be used in favor of fileref.

Parents

These elements contain textdata: textobject.

Attributes

encoding

Identifies the encoding of the text in the external file. Recommended best practice suggests that character encodings registered (as charsets) with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority be referred to using their registered names.

entityref

EntityRef identifies the general entity which contains (or points to) the external text.

fileref

FileRef specifies the name of the file which contains the external text.

format

Format identifies the format of the external text. The Format must be a defined notation.

srccredit

SrcCredit contains details about the source of the external text.