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Subject: Re: [office] Table support for OpenDocument Presentations
Hi Rich, I thought we'd discussed this - that these questions are entirely part of the user interface in presentations that wrap around the ODF table implementation. I agree these are issues we have to work out with the folks implementing tables in presentations in our office suites, but I don't see how that impacts our XML encoding decision. Regards, Peter Korn Accessibility Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc. > When considering tables in presentations please consider user agent > issues. > > - Will the table area be clipped and require scrolling. In MSOffice > that does not happen? > - Has the group addressed all import/export issues? > - Will a frame be rendered in the user agent if it is embedded? > MSOffice does not. If we don't address this the layout will be a mess? > > We also need to ensure the author has the ability to define row and > column headers as are defined in the table construct. > > Rich > > > Rich Schwerdtfeger > Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist > Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board > blog: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=441 > > "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - > I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the > difference.", Frost > > Inactive hide details for Florian Reuter > <Florian.Reuter@Sun.COM>Florian Reuter <Florian.Reuter@Sun.COM> > > > *Florian Reuter <Florian.Reuter@Sun.COM>* > > 05/09/2006 02:17 AM > > > > To > > office@lists.oasis-open.org, office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org > > cc > > > Subject > > [office] Table support for OpenDocument Presentations > > > > > Hi, > > I just want to give a brief status description of the evaluation of the > table support for OpenDocument presentations. > > Currently I see three different ways of adding table support to > OpenDocument specifications: > a) "native" table support > b) Embedded object based table support > c) tables in text boxes > d) Drawing object plus annotation based table support > > ad a) > The "native" table support would have the advantage, that tables are > "first-class citizens" of OpenDocument presentations. An example would be: > <draw:frame> > <table:table> > .... > </table:table> > </draw:frame> > The above encoding is closest to Open XML and would ensure rountrip. > The disadvantage of the above solution is, that currently deployed > reader would ignore the <table:table> element and thus tables where > missing in the document. This would require all vendors of OpenDocument > processing applications to ship product patches. > > ad b) > Encoding tables in OpenDocument presentations as "embedded objects" > would be the best solution regarding backward compatibility. Encoding as > "embeeded object" means nothing else than "use OpenDocument spreadsheet > tables in presentations as embedded objects". An example is: > <draw:frame> > <draw:object xlink:href="Link to OpenDocument spreadsheet table" > xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" /> > </draw:frame> > The disadvantage of this solution is, that tables in presentations are > no longer "first-class citizens" as they are e.g. in Open XML. > > ad c) > OpenDocument allows in its current version that tables can appear within > text boxes. However this currently not implemented in e.g. > OpenOffice.org. For example: > <draw:frame> > <draw:text-box> > <table:table> > .. > </table:table> > </draw:frame> > Here without any schema change table in presentations could be achieved. > > ad d) [suggested my Yue MA] > Currently OpenDocument processing entities store tables in presentations > as shapes, i.e. a table is "drawn", but the structure is forgotten. By > simply annotating this "drawn" tables with the table structure > information both backward compatibility as well as accessibility needs > could be satisfied. > The disadvantage of this is, that OpenDocument would get a rather > "unconventional" second table model. > > I would like to finish the investigation phase know and start dicussing > the prefered solution. > > Looking forward for your comments. > > Best regards, > > Florian > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in > OASIS > at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > >
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