This OASIS Technical Memorandum is an XML expression of the Exchange subset of the full CALS table model DTD described in OASIS Technical Memorandum 9502:1995, CALS Table Model Document Type Definition. It is an XML version of OASIS Technical Resolution 9503:1995, Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition.

The Exchange subset has been chosen as being a useful subset of the complete CALS table model such that, if an application's tables are tagged according to this subset, there is a high probability that the table will be interoperable among the great majority of OASIS vendor products. See also OASIS Technical Research Paper TRP 9501:1995, Table Interoperability: Issues for the CALS Table Model.