Re: [dita] 1.3 Issue: Use Full CALS Table/DocBook CALS Tables

[ekimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

On 9/14/09 11:00 AM, "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> wrote:


> There were good reasons the OASIS table model subset of CALS was
> developed, and there was a lot of discussion of user requirements
> at the time, so I would not want to accept the full CALS model
> without some careful consideration of the need for each addition.

Exactly the research and consideration I had in mind: I would definitely
look to Paul's expertise here.

My primary requirements, based on past and current clients, are:

1. Provide a well-defined way to capture and render table notes, both notes
that apply to a table as a whole and footnotes from specific cells.  It may
be that this requires something specific that is not provided for in CALS
directly.

2. True table footers as Paul defines them. In a Publishing context, I think
this is more common than in a tech doc context, where I would agree they are
an edge case. For example, table footers are common in financial information
where a footer might contain running totals.

Cheers,

E.

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