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<p>Nd2V9h: </p> <hr /> <div>= Table Examples =<br /> As the first stage of the microformats [[process]], this page collects [[examples]] of best/common practice for using the [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html table] tag to represent structured data.<br /> <br /> == The Problem ==<br /> 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:<br /> * a list of dictionaries (with column headers, and sometimes row headers)<br /> * a grid of numerical data (without any headers, or merely numeric indices)<br /> <br /> == Participants ==<br /> * [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/ Dr. Ernie]<br /> <br /> == Real-World Examples ==<br /> * [http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200410/bring_on_the_tables/ Best practices] for marking up tabular data (especially for accessibility)<br /> **</div>

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