Search for elements that don't have a specific child?

[dagoss]

I have a long docbook document, and for accessibility purposes we're required to have alt text for every single image. This is something that can be easy to miss, and there are probably several throughout the books (literally) hundred of images that does not have an alt tag.

What I'm try to find are any places like this:

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<inlinemediaobject>

    <imageobject>

        <imagedata fileref="image.png"/>

    </imageobject>

</inlinemediaobject>

The above should actually read:

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<inlinemediaobject>

    <alt>Image alt text goes here</alt>

    <imageobject>

        <imagedata fileref="image.png"/>

    </imageobject>

</inlinemediaobject>

Does Oxygen have way to search for such instances where I neglected to insert an <alt> tag so I can correct them?

[Radu]

Hi,

Maybe using our XPath toolbar or our XPath Build view you could run an XPath like:

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//imageobject[not(preceding-sibling::alt)]

Regards,
Radu

[dagoss]

Holy smokes--I didn't realize that's what that toolbar did! I just find everything I needed in 5 seconds. Thanks a bunch!