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A Conceptual Model for Tables

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Principles of Digital Document Processing (PODDP 1998)

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We describe a new, simple conceptual model for tables. The conceptual model treats a table as a map that has a domain which is a product of categories or index sets and a codomain which is a set of entry values. We demonstrate how we can use the model to specify the semantics of some tabular editing operations.

This work was supported under a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

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  1. AT&T Labs, 200 Laurel Avenue, Middletown, NJ, 07748, USA

    Xinxin Wang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Derick Wood

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA

    Ethan V. Munson

  2. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

    Charles Nicholas

  3. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Derick Wood

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Wang, X., Wood, D. (1998). A Conceptual Model for Tables. In: Munson, E.V., Nicholas, C., Wood, D. (eds) Principles of Digital Document Processing. PODDP 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49654-8_2

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