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Subject: Re: [docbook] Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Tables, braille and other stuff
Dave Pawson wrote: >> > Suggestion. >> > Ask the person next to you to describe the data in the table >> > you come across. >> >> Hm, what do you mean by "describe" ? Have him produce an audio >> rendering of the table, or have him abstract information from the >> table ? > > > Have him/her provide you with a description of the information contained > within the table, such that you understood it. Not its tabular layout, > just the information contained. > This is the 'pretend' to be blind, which I am told is useful.... and > was for me. well, abstracting away the presentational aspect of a table, what remains is a set of items in relation to two axis. Someone mentioned '2 dimensional array' which you object to as being 'programming oriented'. I can't see that, it's of course a vocabulary from CS but otherwise to the point: instead of lists (orderdlist, itemizedlist, etc.) what is needed is a way to relate items not to one axis but to two (or more). In the case of two the visual rendering is natually done with a table. But the semantic is still that of a container of items 'linked' to two axis. So, how can this best be expressed with docbook ? Since tables are already present, in an otherwise presentation-agnostic world, I can see how people want to use it for just that. Regards, Stefan
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