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Subject: Re: [dita] Which CALS Table model should we specify?
All: We also use the CALS table model at Sun Microsystems. patricia gee best Esrig, Bruce (Bruce) wrote: > After inquiring internally, another data point ... > > The table model that we are using in our XML work at Lucent is based > on the CALS exchange table model, specifically -//oasis//dtd xml exchange > table model 19990315//en > > Bruce Esrig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Antonov [mailto:apg@syntext.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:40 AM > To: Paul Grosso > Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [dita] Which CALS Table model should we specify? > > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Paul Grosso wrote: > > >>Interoperability-wise, I suspect one gets a bit more with the Exchange >>table model, but probably only trivially so, as there aren't that many >>non-HTML table editing tools out there anyway these days. There are >>some details (the "cruft") of the CALS table model that would be >>difficult (but not impossible) to implement in XSLT. >> >>Unless there is a dire need to footers (and I believe most uses of >>table footers are bogus--like trying to fake getting table footnotes), >>I think the Exchange Table Model is sufficient and avoids some of >>the cruft of the CALS table model. >> >>However, I wouldn't object if other folks felt a strong need for the >>CALS table model (as long as I don't have to write the XSLT code to >>support spanspecs). > > > Docbook XSL stylesheets implement something halfway between Exchange > model and full CALS table model (I wonder what is the reason for this). > I think we should stick to the exchange model - simpler is better. > > -- Paul
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