Hi, I have some XML that needs to be translated into a properly
formatted table, however, rather than having a cell with rowspan or
colspan attributes there is a separate cell with rowspan or colspan as
the cell contents.  See the following code ...

<table class="wikitable">
<row style="background: #efefef;">
<cell>
 rowspan = "2"
</cell><cell>
 Canada
</cell><cell>
 rowspan = "2"
</cell><cell>
 Governor General
</cell><cell>
 rowspan = "2"
</cell><cell>
 Prime Minister
</cell><cell>
 colspan = "2"
</cell><cell>
 Parliament
</cell><cell>
 colspan = "2"
</cell><cell>
 Parliamentarian
</cell></row><row style="background: #efefef;">
<cell>
 Senate
</cell><cell>
 House of Commons
</cell><cell>
 Senator
</cell><cell>
 Member of Parliament
</cell></row><row >
<cell>
 Quebec
</cell><cell rowspan="5">
 Lieutenant-Governor
</cell><cell rowspan="6">
 Premier
</cell><cell rowspan="6">
 n/a
</cell><cell>
 National Assembly
</cell><cell rowspan="6">
 n/a
</cell><cell>
 Member of the National Assembly
</cell></row><row >
<cell>
 Ontario
</cell><cell>
 Legislative Assembly
</cell><cell>
 Member of the Provincial Parliament
</cell></row><row >
<cell>
 Newfoundland and Labrador
</cell><cell rowspan="2">
 House of Assembly
</cell><cell>
 Member of the House of Assembly
</cell></row><row >
<cell>
 Nova Scotia
</cell><cell rowspan="3">
 Member of the Legislative Assembly
</cell></row><row >
<cell>
 Other provinces
</cell><cell rowspan="2">
 Legislative Assembly
</cell></row></table>

This should translate roughly to the following HTML ...

<table class="wikitable">
<tr style="background: #efefef;">
<th rowspan="2">Canada</th>
<th rowspan="2">Governor General</th>
<th rowspan="2">Prime Minister</th>
<th colspan="2">Parliament</th>
<th colspan="2">Parliamentarian</th>
</tr>
<tr style="background: #efefef;">
<th>Senate</th>
<th>House of Commons</th>
<th>Senator</th>
<th>Member of Parliament</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Quebec</th>
<td rowspan="5">Lieutenant-Governor</td>
<td rowspan="5">Premier</td>
<td rowspan="6">n/a*</td>
<td>National Assembly</td>
<td rowspan="6">n/a</td>
<td>Member of the National Assembly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Ontario</th>
<td>Legislative Assembly</td>
<td>Member of the Provincial Parliament</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Newfoundland and Labrador</th>
<td rowspan="2">House of Assembly</td>
<td>Member of the House of Assembly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Nova Scotia</th>
<td rowspan="3">Member of the Legislative Assembly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Other provinces</th>
<td rowspan="2">Legislative Assembly</td>
</tr>
</table>

Any suggestions would be appreciated!