Mark-up in generated structured lists

[Steve Rickaby]

Me again... Sarah O'Keefe sort of implies in the 'Complete Reference' that you can apply structure to generated lists, but as it gets blown away the next time the list is generated, it's best either not to bother, or do it last.

Here's the rub: one generated list document in my current template, a list of figures, uses a character tag to format the figure number ('cos it looks nice). My EDD is set up so that the individual lines of the generated list can be wrapped in appropriate elements if required. However, if I do this, I lose the character mark-up.

Is this a dead-end, or is there any way to preserve the character markup?  
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Steve