[xep-support] Re: Eliminate table structure from a tagged PDF

[Kevin Brown]

Daniel:

 

We will take a look at this for a future release. You would want something
like PDF-STRUCTURE-TAG="content only" and it could be on tables only?

 

I assume in your example the area varies in width and height, but I am not
sure.

 

For rounded corner boxes, we usually do this if they are variable width
*and* height:

 

1)      Change the background color of the area to some known color (say
#255,255,254).

2)      Then in processing the XEPOUT, replace that <xep:rect> with an SVG
with the exact dimensions of that rect with rounded corners (removing the
xep:color and the xep:rect). 

 

I have sample XSL I can dig out for this if you like.

 

If they only vary in height with a fixed (known) width, then three stackable
areas in FO with SVG backgrounds can be used.

 

Kevin Brown

 

From: Daniel Boughton [mailto:daniel.r.boughton at rrd.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 8:35 AM
To: Kevin Brown
Cc: RenderX Community Support List
Subject: Re: [xep-support] Eliminate table structure from a tagged PDF

 

One example that comes to mind where we use a table to format non-tabular
data is where we create a shaded area on the page with rounded corners that
needs to expand/collapse dynamically based on the amount of text it
contains.

 

I have manipulated the XEPOUT to remove table structure on documents that I
know can be removed, usually documents that contain just a single table.  I
know that I could flag tables as I suggested, but then that setting would
have to be copied down to a block element in each cell in order to be able
to identify elements in the XEPOUT which need to have the table structure
removed.  All this is possible, I know, but a task that becomes much more
difficult if you need to allow for nested tables where you want to remove
the structure of the outer table, but not the inner table.

 

I just thought this would be something that could be handled easier in XEP
prior to creating the XEPOUT.   

 

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Kevin Brown <kevin at renderx.com> wrote:

I would think it could be done by manipulating the XEPOUT and removing
table/table-body/table-row/table-cell markup for marked areas.

One question to ask would be the inverse . are you sure you need a table to
layout non-tabular information?

 

 

Kevin Brown

RenderX

 

From: xep-support-bounces at renderx.com
[mailto:xep-support-bounces at renderx.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Boughton
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 12:25 PM
To: xep-support at renderx.com
Subject: [xep-support] Eliminate table structure from a tagged PDF

 

Because the PDF 508 compliance check requires that all tables must have a
header (TH), it would be really nice if there was a way to eliminate the
table structure from a tagged PDF if that table is only used for layout.
Maybe by adding another rx: extension like rx:layout-only="true".  Adding
this attribute to an fo:table element would copy only the structure of the
table's content to the PDF and not the structure of the table itself.  If
there is a way to do this already, someone please enlighten me.

 

Thanks


 

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