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Subject: Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] Feedback/concern from Patrick Bosek about tables in XDITA
My experience echos Kris's. For my projects that do involve complex tables (primarily parts catalogs), I would not even consider using Lightweight DITA. An MDITA mapping to CALS tables would be highly problematic. We would need to severely constrain the CALS table model. Even offering HTML tables would be similarly problematic. I admit that I'm moved by Patrick's arguments and passion. But we've long acknowledged on the LwDITA SC that the boundaries between LwDITA and DITA will be challenging for many. This is one example. Regarding MDITA/HDITA/XDITA ... my observations echo Mark's. I do
see vendor/adopter activity around MDITA and XDITA, but not HDITA.
I suspect a root cause is that few organizations author directly
in HTML. -Alan On 5/22/19 3:47 PM, Kristen James
Eberlein wrote:
I have always used simple tables. In 17 years of using DITA (14 years of daily use), I never used row or column spanning until this past January. And it was very much a presentational hack. |
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