Peter Flynn wrote:
Actually there are a few: DocBook comes with three; the CALS table model
(originally US MilSpec, now in widespread use), the SASOUT Exchange
table model, and the HTML table model.
Point is, asking if there is _a_ standard yields the answer "no, there
is no single standard." Either specify context, or specify the details
of the table you're trying to represent; that might drive it to one or
another of these... or to something else entirely.
Last time I tried to build a table, it wasn't stable; I think I forgot
one of the <leg>s... <sigh/>
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Joe Kesselman / Beware the fury of a patient man. -- John Dryden