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Posted by dorayme on 05/30/06 21:30
In article
<1149013165.387351.198360@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wote:
> > Adrienne Boswell wrote:
> >
> > > I am redoing a site and I have some data that was originally in list
> > > form, and I am thinking that it should be for a table. Would someone
> > > take a look
> > > <http://atlas.nextblock.com/files/beta2/categories.asp?st=100&zip=18>?
> > > I am interested in the categories, should these be in a table or
> > > three UL columns? Is this really tabular data, or is it three lists?
> >
> > You're talking about: Stores Restaurants Services ?
> >
> > Well, if "Banks" and "Bars & Pubs" are a directly related entity of
> > "Automotive & Service", then it would be a table.
> >
> > This is three lists, not tabular data. Notice the three columns are not
> > even the same length. A display of tabular data would normally have all
> > columns the same length.
> >
> > Tables are
> >
> > Name Address City State/Province Postal Code Telephone ...
> >
>
> Thank you. I knew that, but, I wanted to make sure. Four eyes are
> better than two.
How about 3 brains? The point about the example of name, address
etc is that these categories form a class of attributes that
apply to individuals. The individual can be understood to have
all the attributes on a row. There is nothing, for example, that
Accessories, American and Accounting applies to that is being
conveyed by these lists
--
dorayme
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