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= Table Examples = | |||
As the first stage of the microformats [[process]], this page collects [[examples]] of best/common practice for the [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html table] tag. | As the first stage of the microformats [[process]], this page collects [[examples]] of best/common practice for the [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html table] tag. | ||
= The Problem = | == The Problem == | ||
Thought often abused for layout, the original purpose of HTML tables is to provide a two-dimensional structure for data. The purpose of this exploration is to determine if there are common patterns for annotationg those structures, and (if so) whether there is a need to formalize that as a microformat (a la [[xoxo]] for lists). The working hypothesis is tables typically represent two kinds of data: | Thought often abused for layout, the original purpose of HTML tables is to provide a two-dimensional structure for data. The purpose of this exploration is to determine if there are common patterns for annotationg those structures, and (if so) whether there is a need to formalize that as a microformat (a la [[xoxo]] for lists). The working hypothesis is tables typically represent two kinds of data: | ||
* a list of dictionaries (with column headers, and sometimes row headers) | * a list of dictionaries (with column headers, and sometimes row headers) | ||
* a grid of numerical data (without any headers, or merely numeric indices) | * a grid of numerical data (without any headers, or merely numeric indices) | ||
= | == Participants == | ||
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/ Dr. Ernie] | |||
= Existing | == Real-World Examples == | ||
== Existing Practices == | |||
== Proposal (N/A) == | |||
= | == See Also == | ||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html HTML 4.0 tables] | |||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xhtml2-20040722/mod-tables.html XHTML 1.0 tables] | |||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xhtml2-20040722/mod-tables.html XHTML 2.0 tables] | |||
Revision as of 16:37, 6 October 2005
Table Examples
As the first stage of the microformats process, this page collects examples of best/common practice for the table tag.
The Problem
Thought often abused for layout, the original purpose of HTML tables is to provide a two-dimensional structure for data. The purpose of this exploration is to determine if there are common patterns for annotationg those structures, and (if so) whether there is a need to formalize that as a microformat (a la xoxo for lists). The working hypothesis is tables typically represent two kinds of data:
- a list of dictionaries (with column headers, and sometimes row headers)
- a grid of numerical data (without any headers, or merely numeric indices)