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Re: [docbook] strict versus transitional XHTML tables
I must have transitioned to an alternate universe while I wasn't
paying attention. An argument on the docbook mailing list about
including background color in table elements?
Did DocBook start marketing itself to graphic designers while I
was sleeping?
Do CALS tables have "bgcolor" attributes?
Has CSS become deprecated for DocBook users? W3C issued a
statement: "Everybody should use CSS, except for those
presentation-crazy DocBook authors"?
It has (to my experience) _always_ been challenging to generate
stylish documentation with DocBook. Adding a "bgcolor" attribute
is like offering a starving child a couple of seeds for growing
grain.
If we're concerned about making DocBook more
presentation-friendly in the HTML space, then we should be
talking about making certain that the generated HTML can be tied
into CSS in a predictable and intuitive fashion, ideally with
good tool support, rather than about adding deprecated HTML
attributes to DocBook.
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John R. Daily
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