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Subject: Re: [docbook] strict versus transitional XHTML tables [was: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 18 Mar 2003]
At 16:27 18/03/2003 -0600, Paul Grosso wrote: >I'm generally a fan of separating format from content too. >But tables are by definition presentational. I mean, if >you're going to be black and white, you should argue against >table markup of any kind. <grin/> OK, I'm not that black and white! >As it stands, the XHTML strict table model includes attributes >for both vertical and horizontal cell alignment (as just one >example), so it's hard to be black and white here. OK, OK, I give in :-) > Given how >much presentation XHTML strict already includes, I'm arguing >that making users use role="glump" instead of bgcolor="green" >does more harm than good. I hadn't realise just how much tables were presentationally oriented. regards DaveP
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