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Philip Linde linde.philip at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 03:49:48 GMT 2021
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 22:35:36 +0100nothien at uber.space wrote:
What do you think?
I think that using preformatted blocks as an extension vector for tabledata is a bad idea. Preformatted then no longer always meanspreformatted.
I also have qualms about the suggested format itself because there arealready formats for describing tabular data with a lot of toolingsupport. If the goal is machine readability, choose a format which isalready supported by numerous software.
In particular I think it's a bad idea to introduce something like thisas an optional recommended best practice. Either go all in, or whatlooks like a table in one client will look nothing like a table inanother.
My suggested solution: if you really need an in-line human readabletable, lay it out in a preformatted block such that it makes sense to auser with a client that interprets and displays preformatted blocks aspreformatted blocks. If you need the same data to be available machinereadable, link to a corresponding CSV/TSV/*SV below.
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