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9901:1999 XML Exchange Table Model DTD
This OASIS Technical Memorandum is an XML expression of the
Exchange subset of the full CALS table model DTD described
in OASIS Technical Memorandum 9502:1995,
CALS Table Model Document Type Definition.
It is an XML version of OASIS Technical
Resolution 9503:1995, Exchange Table
Model Document Type Definition.
The Exchange subset has been chosen as being a useful subset
of the complete CALS table model such that, if an application's
tables are tagged according to this subset, there is a high
probability that the table will be interoperable among the
great majority of OASIS vendor products. See also OASIS Technical Research Paper TRP 9501:1995, Table
Interoperability: Issues for the CALS Table Model.
This Technical Memorandum is available in HTML
and XML formats. The XML
Declaration Modules file is also available.
9503:1995 Exchange Table Model DTD
This OASIS Technical Resolution defines an Exchange subset
of the full CALS table model DTD described in SGML
Open Technical Memorandum TM 9502:1995. This Exchange
subset has been chosen as being a useful subset of the complete
CALS table model such that, if an application's tables are
tagged according to this subset, there is a high probability
that the table will be interoperable among the great majority
of OASIS vendor products. See also the OASIS
Technical Research Paper TRP 9501:1995 on Table Interoperability:
Issues for the CALS table model.
Note that the set of element and attribute declarations
in the markup declaration module section of this document
partially defines the Exchange table model. However, the model
is not well-defined without the accompanying natural language
description of the semantics (meanings) of these various elements,
attributes, and attribute values. The semantic writeup, in
the section following that containing the markup declaration
module, must be used in conjunction with the element and attribute
declarations.
This Technical Resolution is available in HTML,
PS, and XML
formats.
9502:1995 CALS Table Model DTD
This OASIS Technical Memorandum consists of a recommendation
for an update to the CALS table model DTD model that will
be submitted to the appropriate CALS authority with the expectation
that it will be accepted as the next revision of the official
CALS table model and that a Formal Public Identifier will
be assigned to facilitate referencing of this model.
Note that the set of element and attribute declarations in
the markup declaration module section of this document partially
defines the CALS table model. However, the model is not well-defined
without the accompanying natural language description of the
semantics (meanings) of these various elements, attributes,
and attribute values. The semantic writeup, in the section
following that containing the markup declaration module, must
be used in conjunction with the element and attribute declarations.
This Technical Memorandum is available in HTML,
and XML formats.
9501:1995 Table Interoperability
To help address the existing interoperability issues when
using tabular material ("tables") in SGML implementations,
SGML Open's Technical Committee formed a Table Interchange
subcommittee to research these issues.
Because the CALS table model has proliferated widely, it
was chosen as the initial starting point. Although it has
evolved to the point of a de facto standard, the specification
leaves a large number of semantics open to interpretation
which in turn has made interoperability difficult to achieve.
As its first major task, the Committee therefore set out to
identify and document ambiguities in the CALS table model
specifications, identify and document related interoperability
issues between OASIS vendor products, and lay the groundwork
for developing a proposed clarification of the standard that
will minimize ambiguity and maximize interoperability.
This paper summarizes the results of this initial work, identifies
the sources of current interoperability issues for the CALS
model, and summarizes the most common set of practices currently
followed by SGML Open vendors.
This Technical Resolution is available in HTML
and XML formats.
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