Sequential table numbering (as opposed to hierarchical) ?

Hello,

    I'm very much a newbie at using DocBook, and am getting
lost while
trying to find how to set the formatting options.

    I'm using DocBook v4.5, and the docbook-xsl 1.72.0 XSL
stylesheets.
 What I'd like to do is make it so my tables (and figures,
etc.) are
numbered sequentially through the entire Book, instead of
being
numbered per-chapter.  Is this something simple that I'm
just missing?

Thanks for any assistance,
- Johnson


       
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On 7/13/07, Johnson Earls <darkfoxprimeyahoo.com> wrote:
>     I'm using DocBook v4.5, and the docbook-xsl 1.72.0
XSL stylesheets.
>  What I'd like to do is make it so my tables (and
figures, etc.) are
> numbered sequentially through the entire Book, instead
of being
> numbered per-chapter.  Is this something simple that
I'm just missing?

Hi Johnson,

There are a few factors that influence the way figures,
tables, and
examples are numbered ("labeled"), one of which is
the labeling of the
chapters and parts above them (described in [1]). The
second, which
takes precedence by default, is a label attribute on the
figure,
example, or table [2]. This label will be preserved
verbatim if it
exists. However, that's not a very dynamic way to generate
numbering
and creates unnecessary work.

You asked specifically about sequential figure and table
numbering, so
here's how you'd set up a customization layer[3] (you can't
do it
using only parameters, I think), if you haven't already.
Inside that,
override the template matching figures, tables, and examples
in the
label.markup mode. The template you're overriding is in
common/labels.xsl. I'd customize it to look like so:

<xsl:template match="figure|table|example"
mode="label.markup">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="label">
      <xsl:value-of select="label"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:number format="1"
from="book|article" level="any"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

Please note: This'll still allow you to override the
autonumbering
with a label.

This should work on all the output types that have numbered
figures,
tables, and examples.

HTH,
Keith

1. http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SectionNumbering.html

2. http:/
/www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/figure.html
"    Label specifies an identifying string for
presentation purposes.

    Generally, an explicit Label attribute is used only if
the
processing system is incapable of generating the label
automatically.
If present, the Label is normative; it will used even if
the
processing system is capable of automatic labelling. "
3. http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html

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