[tei-council] Comments on Chapter 18, Tables, Formulae, and Graphics.

[Lou Burnard]

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Lou wrote
>> Indeed yes, an example would be useful. I am not even sure I 
>> understand what the text means (how can you have spanning which is 
>> *not* presentational?)
>>
> How can you have spanning which *is* presentational? if a label or 
> data spans
> two columns, that's not just a jolly effect to make it look nice, its 
> because
> the label or data applies to both columns.
>
> I fear that I may differ from David fairly fundamentally in this
> rigid distinction between presentation and structure (and believe me,
> it hurts deep inside to even _consider_ disagreeing with David). Quite
> often presentation is used to imply some structure, no?
>
> then again its late.
>
Hence my request for an example. A real one, not an invented one.