Generally, columns define categories of topics, and rows define which topics are
linked to each other. When forming a list of related links to a topic, the processor
finds the topic in the table, and any other topics in that row become related links.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman Walsh" <>
To: "Scott Hudson" <>
Cc: "DocBook Committee" <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] Review reminders
Scott Hudson <> writes:
> It allows you to have an application that easily displays a list or taxonomy
> of related topics. The related topics could be rendered as part of a PDF,
> web page, help system or other output.
Yes, I get that much. I don't get the tabular aspect.