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Subject: [dita] Table Model returns
Where we can all agree (I hope): - Tables models are a perennial problem - Table coding is complex, because it mingles the famous format/content distinction we are all so proud of in XML - There are really only two models in contention: - OASIS Exchange - XHTML (Thus full CALS is not in contention) ------------------------------------ Opinion starts here: - We do not really want to judge this on "what is a good" (or "better" table model. Most of those of us, who are old enough, have written table models better than either of those in contention. Not relevant. This is VHS versus Beta in video tape 20 years ago. It is more important that we all use the same model that that it be a good model. Objectives we might use to decide: - Which model has the most use now? (legacy data) Does this differ between all print (which has historically been CALS), all web (which has historically been HTML), and mixed use (current) systems? What we really need are usage statistics, and I'm not sure how to get them. - Which is likely to have the most use in the future? - Which is easier to integrate into a modular system? (if there is any difference.) - Which is easier to read? - Which is easier to use? (realizing that most users work in WYSIWYG Table editors and do not care what they use.) - What do other PUBLIC DTDs and schemas use? (Have they published as rationale as to why?) - Which one can the most tool vendors handle? What other questions so we can have answers (or at least opinions) next week? --Debbie -- ====================================================================== Deborah Aleyne Lapeyre mailto:dalapeyre@mulberrytech.com Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9633 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in XML and SGML ======================================================================
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