WordML, CALS, and Tables

By Evans on August 10, 2005 8:59 AM

John Durant posts about WordProcessingML and support for CALS.

I’ll leave the real discussion to John. Here are some auxiliary links, though.

CALS stands for Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support (from Tim Berners Lee proposal for the “Global Hypertext Project” in 1989 quoted on XML.com)

CALS definition from a post by Betty Harvey at XML.com:

The CALS initiative was a DoD initiative. The CALS standards were developed by tri-service working groups which included the Army, Navy and Air Force. The CALS table model was a result
the military standard of MIL-PRF-28001C. CALS table model was adopted by DOCBOOK, as well as TEI, ISO 12074, AECMA, ATA, etc. because it was the only comprehensive table model available universally.

CALS at the US Navy:
http://www.dt.navy.mil/tot-shi-sys/tec-inf-sys/cal-std/index.html

OASIS Technical Memorandum TM 9502:1995
http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/a502.htm

CALS Table Model DTD:
http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/tr9502.html

Navy CALS Initiatives XML (a lot of good links at the bottom):
http://xml.coverpages.org/usNavyXML.html

CALS Table Model History:
http://hbingham.com/technical/tables/calstbhs.htm

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