[jats-list] Table Subheads

["Gareth Oakes goakes@xxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi JATS Listers,

In discussions with one of our clients we realised there isnbt really a
standard way to markup table subheadings. See here for an example:
https://app.box.com/s/tg5cnluyw34cuzozfnbxbbf7r2gatfwn

The intent of column subhead markup is:

B7         Mark one row (or two or more consecutive rows) as a subhead (in
addition to the main column heads)

B7         Resulting in special treatment for the row(s):

o   Appearance and styling (e.g. bold text or shaded background)

o   Control PDF page/column breaks (e.g. keep row(s) together, keep with next
row)

o   Repeat column subheads below main column heads (at top of PDF page/column,
after page/column breaks)

In my example that would mean when the table continues to the next page, we
want the bCondition 4b row repeated below the bCondition/Pressure/b&b
column header row at the top of the next page. We would also avoid page breaks
between each bCondition Xb row and its following row.

Is this something that has been tackled before? This particular client is
using CALS tables, but Ibd be interested in XHTML table solutions also. We
can handle the PDF side, but are looking at suggestions for markup of such
tables.

Regards,
Gareth

// Gareth Oakes
// Chief Architect, GPSL
// www.gpsl.co