Subject: Re: An open challenge: HTML 4.0 tables From: "Stephen J. Tinney" <stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 12:13:10 -0400 (EDT) |
Vivek Agrawala <vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Jon Bosak wrote: >> >> The W3C XML WG finds itself needing a table model for its >> specifications. Since we're hoping that our spec DTD can be used for >> other W3C specs, we would like to get this right. Problem is, >> implementing a general table model in DSSSL is a real technical >> challenge. The only one I know of in the public domain is the one >> that Anders Berglund wrote for my DocBook style sheet, which is now >> being maintained in much better shape than I wrote it by Norm Walsh. >> But for W3C specs we want to use the HTML 4.0 table model, which as it >> happens is a pretty good one. >> >> Here's a direct challenge to all on this list who consider themselves >> to be DSSSL experts: to whom shall the honor fall of being the first >> to contribute a DSSSL implementation of HTML 4.0 tables? > >I don't really expect to have the time to do this, but >would like to find out more about what is involved. > >Could someone with a better understanding explain what the >problems are? And, what should the DSSSL implementation >output -- RTF or something else? This raises a question that has been on my mind for a while. When I first heard about DSSSL I (naively) assumed that here was a tool that would allow one to make many different kinds of output with a single style sheet, perhaps just by specifying a different output type on the command line. It seems that most people do not use it this way; does anybody? Are there any evolving best strategies for making a style sheet that can generate html or rtf or tex with no changes to source or style sheet? Steve DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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