Re: [xml2rfc-dev] [Ext] RFC 7991 issue #31: Schema Issue, RFC 7991, In Section 2.54, <table>

[Heather Flanagan <[e-mail]>]

On 10/19/18 8:51 PM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>
> On 2018-10-20 03:33, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>> Sorry to reopen, but I'm not clear on the result. We have consensus on something, but I'm not clear how to implement it.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2018-10-09 20:22, Jim Schaad wrote:
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xml2rfc-dev <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Heather
>>>>> Flanagan
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:01 AM
>>>>> To: [e-mail]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [xml2rfc-dev] RFC 7991 issue #31: Schema Issue, RFC 7991, In
>>>>> Section 2.54, <table>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/6/18 2:53 PM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>>>>>> On 2018-10-06 21:26, Jim Schaad wrote:
>>>>>>>>> What is the rule you have for doing the alignment of figure
>>>>>>>>> captions? I think that the same rules should apply to both figures
>>>>>>>>> and tables.
>>>>>>>> Till now, both have been centered.  That can be changed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, I would not change this.  I would keep the centering for the
>>>>>>> caption.  The next interesting question the caption is wider than the
>>>>>>> table should it be wrapped to the table width or run on past the edge
>>>>>>> of the table.  I don't think that I have a preference
>>>>>> I don't (at least currently) have a strong preference.  The current
>>>>>> code wraps the title to fit within the table width.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not entirely sure how this issue differs from the table alignment
>>>> discussed
>>>>> in issues 40 and 9?
>>>> The first was where do you place the table on the page.  This one is how do
>>>> you place the caption in the table.
>>> Much more succinct than my reply :-)
>> Is the result to simply add text that says "the caption will appear
>> centered", or is the result to add a new attribute such as
>> "alignCaption" with the default being "center".
> The caption will be centred under the table, and the combined table and
> caption will be aligned according to the 'align' attribute on <table>.


Yes, this.

-Heather


>
> 	Henrik
>
>> If the latter, should this same new attribute be added to <figure> as
>> well?
>>
>> --Paul
>>