Patrick has some great ideas, I like the use of list items in the cells to simplify the presentation. I started to put together a similar table and then thought it may not be the best approach. I'm all for tables in the right instance. But this content you are working on could be done with divs and/or even definition lists.
<div class="recommendations"> <h3>Objectives Recommended action lines for WHO and Member States </h3> <dl> <dt>Policy</dt> <dd>Ensure public policies support eïective and equitable e-health systems. </dd> <dd>Facilitate a collaborative approach to e-health development. </dd> <dd>Monitor internationally-accepted goals and targets for e-health. </dd> <dd>Represent the health perspective in international fora on major ICT issues.</dd> <dd>Strengthen ICT in health education and training in countries, supporting a multi-lingual and multicultural approach.</dd> <dd><strong>Strategies:</strong> Development of national e-health strategies, reflecting principles of transparency, ethics, equity, and cost-eïectiveness. </dd> <dd><strong>Coordination and collaboration:</strong> Coordination of national eâhealth policies to address common areas of concern. Collaboration with other sectors in ICT policy, standards, and technical and infrastructure development. </dd> <dd><strong>Partnerships</strong>: Development of transparent, equitable and ethical public-private partnerships for improving e-health content, capacity and infrastructure.<dd> <dd><strong>Advocacy and monitoring:</strong> Participation in appropriate UN venues for ICT action, such as World Summit for the Information Society. Collaboration with UN agencies and partners in monitoring achievements toward internationally-agreed targets and goals.</dd> <dt>Equitable access </dt> <dd>Commitment by WHO, Member States and partners to reaching health communities and all populations, including vulnerable groups, with eâhealth appropriate to their needs. Collaboration: Collaboration with the private sector to improve access to e-health resources. </dd> <dd>Advocacy to highlight challenges, set the policy agenda, ensure a rights-based approach, and engage key sectors. International collaboration in capacity building efforts, to improve access to e-health by institutions, professionals and citizens. </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="recommendations"> <h3>Recommended action lines for WHO and Member States <dl> <dt>Quality, security and safety </dt> <dd>Commitment to ensuring that e-health for citizens, patients and professionals meets quality, safety, and ethical standards. Development of strategies and policies to ensure that e-health is developed and implemented with a citizen-centered, rights-based approach, emphasizing confidentiality, privacy and security. </dd> <dd>Support for quality standards for health internet and web sites, through international and national action and internet domain policy. </dd> <dd>Multi-sectoral collaboration for developing evidence-based eâhealth standards and norms. </dd> <dt>Best use <dd> <dd>Analyze e-health evolution, impact on health; anticipate emerging challenges and opportunities. </dd> <dd>Provide evidence, information and guidance to support policy, best practice, and management of e-health systems and services. </dd> <dd>Identify and address needs for e-health norms and standards, innovation and research.Technical assistance and capacity building: Development of assessment methods, standards and tools to guide best use of ICT based on evidence; improve access and satisfaction, quality and economy of care. </dd> <dd>Establishment of a Global E-Health Observatory to document and analyze developments and trends, inform policy and practice in countries, and report regularly on e-health status worldwide. </dd> <dd>Establishment of national centers and networks of excellence for best practice, policy coordination, and technical assistance. </dd> <dd>International, multi-sectoral collaboration to improve compatibility of administrative and technical e-health systems. </dd> </dl> </div> With styles, you could give borders to the header and other elements and float the divs next to each other to create the look of tables. It's an option, I'm not sure if the definition list is the better option after putting this together. How's that for wishy washy recommendations. Ted www.tdrake.net -----Original Message----- From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:09 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Correct styling of text material submitted as a table Marilyn Langfeld wrote: > *Here's a simple example. Just two columns, two rows, one set of column > heads and row heads within the main cells. Ok, right, that clarifies it. In this case you are, in effect, providing tabular data - that wasn't quite clear from the original email. If I understand it correctly, here's the structure I'd suggest. <table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th scope="col">Objectives Recommended action lines for WHO and Member States</th> <th scope="col">Recommended action lines for WHO and Member States</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row">Policy</th> <td> <ul> <li>Ensure public policies support effective and equitable e-health systems</li> ... </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Commitment by WHO, Member States and partners to reaching health communities...</li> ... </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Equitable Access</th> <td> <ul> <li>Commitment to ensuring that e-health for citizens...</li> ... </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Analyze e-health evolution, impact on health;...</li> ... </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> -- Patrick H. 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