Re: @headers issue resolved - allowing a td to be referenced by a header to be in the HTMl5 spec.

Julian wrote:

> The discussion had been going on for a long time,

The @headers debate started May 1, 2007.
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueTableHeaders#head-4b2d93aed0e0c9d084327192660bf0aa1b25659d

Hundreds of email messages on the list:
http://w3.markmail.org/search/%22headers%20attribute%22%20list:org.w3.public-html?page=1
http://w3.markmail.org/search/%22table%20headers%22%20list:org.w3.public-html?page=1

Full History:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueTableHeaders

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson


On 8/31/08, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:

> I think it was pretty clear that there was a need to.
>
> The discussion had been going on for a long time, and there was no
> visible progress on it. So it appears to me that the chairs were right
> in trying to get progress on this issue.
>
> Note that I'm not debating whether there actually was a decision, and
> whether the decision-making process was followed.
>
> BR, Julian

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Laura L. Carlson