Where a figure caption appears in the output is a style issue,
not a markup issue.
So the answer to your last question is yes (if that's how
the style is defined in your case).
paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Houser [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2007 April 10 22:21
> To:
> Subject: [dita] content model for <fig>?
>
> I'm trying to determine the customary DITA structure for
> representing an
> image with a following caption. I presume that <fig> would be the
> appropriate container, but <fig> includes an optional <title> element
> before (not after) <image>.
>
> I suspect this was discussed and decided long ago. Am I missing an
> appropriate structure for representing an image followed by a
> caption?
> Was there a rationale for placing the optional <title> at the
> beginning
> of the content model for <fig>? Is there an expectation that the
> processor might globally swap the order of <title> and <image> if
> appropriate?
