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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: RFE 472229: Allow HTML Tables in DocBook
Option 2 makes much more sense to me. Norman Walsh wrote: > > See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=472229&group_id=21935&atid=384107 > > There is general support in the TC for allowing HTML tables in > DocBook. It is by far the most common table model, it has the broadest > support among tools, and CALS tables are a common source of confusion > for new users. > > In broad strokes, the proposal would allow HTML tables in DocBook > where CALS tables are currently allowed. The content model of TD and > TH elements in this model would be the same as the content model of > entry. > > Unfortunately, HTML tables and CALS tables share some common element > names, so they cannot easily coexist. > > There appear to be two solutions: > > 1. Use namespaces. > > 2. Force the user to make a top-level choice by having, effectively, > two DTDs. This would mean a document could contain *either* HTML tables > *or* CALS tables, but not both. > > In an informal poll, the TC was leaning towards option 2. > > Broader input from users and especially tool vendors is solicited. > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | Extinction, n. The raw material > http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | out of which theology created the > Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | future state.--Ambrose Bierce -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM XML Technology Center | Phone: (510) 986-3651 Sun Microsystems Inc. |
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