Fw: [docbook-tc] Table Simplification

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Gary asked me to forward this to the docbook-tc list.

Norm, can you figure out why he is not able to post to the list?  I don't
see how to do that on the OASIS admin pages.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Cornelius" <gary@cornelius.bz>
To: "'Bob Stayton'" <bobs@sagehill.net>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:27 AM
Subject: [docbook-tc] Table Simplification


> Hi Bob,
>
> I get a bounce from the list email, I tried forwarding on to Norm as well
> but may not get past his spam filters, can you forward onto the list if
> appropriate!..
>
> / <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>:
> > Sorry, only subscribers may post. If you are a subscriber,
> > please forward this message to docbook-owner@lists.oasis-open.org
> > to get your new address included (#5.7.2)
>
> I would like to propose replacing Cals and XHTML tables in Docbook with a
> more simplified 'block and frame' model?... I have found it pretty do-able
> on a number of fairly complex projects to use a more simplified block
model
> for authoring and then map to multiple tables/grid formats on output!!
>
> I believe a 'block and frame' model could be more easily mapped into full
> Cals, XHTML tables, div+CSS tables, WordML tables etc. at the output stage
> by using modern stylesheets such as XSLT 2.0 ( although it is necessary to
> work at adding a number of attributes to this basic model below!! ):
>
> <frame cols="6" rows="6" class="sunrise">
>   <block cols="1" rows="1">[...]</block>
>   <block cols="1" rows="1" valign="bottom">[...]</block>
>   <block name="box1" cols="1" rows="1" align="right">[...]</block>
>   [...]
> </frame>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Gary
>
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