Bob,
We have come to opposite conclusions from the same facts. It appears more logical that the four attributes you list are deliberately missing from informaltable-HTML and are incorrectly present in table-HTML and should be removed.
The reason is that none of those attributes are also attributes of the HTML <table> element. Isn't the whole point of supporting HTML tables in DocBook to re-use the existing HTML table standard?
The proof is in the DocBook XSL. Try making a DB 5 document that contains a table-HTML using the pgwide="1" attribute. The document will validate fine, but on transformation to HTML, no pgwide attribute is passed to the HTML <table> element, and the table shows up with its default width. By contrast, add width="100%" and you get the pgwide effect as desired.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stayton [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:13 PM
To: Chris Ridd
Cc:
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] pgwide support with Docbook 5
Thanks for the additional info. It seems informaltable (HTML) is missing pgwide, tabstyle, floatstyle, and orient, which are available on table (both HTML and CALS) and informaltable (CALS). I think this may be an oversight, so I filed a bug report regarding the missing table attributes on informaltable (HTML). We will see what the DocBook Technical Committee says.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ridd" <>
To: "Bob Stayton" <>
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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] pgwide support with Docbook 5
>
> On 19 Mar 2011, at 01:31, Bob Stayton wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>> pgwide is permitted on table, both CALS and HTML tables. Here is the definitive
>> guide:
>>
>> http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/cals.table.html
>>
>> I looked in the DTD and the RelaxNG schema, and see pgwide available on table. How
>> did you conclude that it was not permitted?
>
> XXE reported it as invalid.
>
> I think we are using HTML tables, not CALS tables.
> <http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/html.informaltable.html> has no pgwide.
>
> Maybe HTML tables were a tactical mistake on our part!
>
> Chris
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