Re: [dita] Fwd: Re: [dita-users] vertical orientation of text in table columns..

[Chris Nitchie <chris.nitchie@oberontech.com>]

table/@orient and entry/@rotate are meant to follow and be compatible with
their CALS equivalents. The CALS spec[1] states pretty unequivocally that
it's 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

<quote>
ROTATE: Content is either in the orientation of the table (if the value is
zero) or 90 degrees counterclockwise to table orientation (if the value is
other than zero). If the table orient="land", rotate="1" achieves text
³upside-down² relative to the normally oriented page heads and feet.
Declared Value = %yesorno; (NUMBER)
Default = IMPLIED (interpret as ³0²)
</quote>


One could reasonably argue that this is a shortcoming in the CALS model,
but that's a separate discussion.

Chris

[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/specs/tm9502.html

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From:  Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>
Date:  Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 3:35 PM
To:  DITA TC <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc:  Jarno Elovirta <jelovirt@gmail.com>
Subject:  [dita] Fwd: Re: [dita-users] vertical orientation of text in
table columns..


FYI

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com <http://www.eberleinconsulting.com>
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [dita-users] vertical orientation of text in table
columns..Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:34:26 +0300From: Jarno Elovirta
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 How will @rotate work with topics that use right-to-left languages.
Shouldn't it there be clockwise, not counter-clockwise?

J









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