- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:43:19 -0500
- To: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>, w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
Wendy's edit looks fine to me. Len At 05:31 PM 2/18/00 -0500, Wendy A Chisholm wrote: >In Len's comments from the 23rd of January [1] about the 21 December >draft [2] he asked that the WCAG definition for a linearized table be >included in checkpoint 5.3. There was some other clean-up to do as well. > >I propose: ><blockquote> >Checkpoint 5.3 - Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized >Technique 5.3.1 [priority 2] Verify that layout tables make sense when >linearized > >Discussion Status: >under discussion > >Evaluation: >A TABLE element will trigger this evaluation. >This technique applies only to tables used for layout purposes, not to >data tables. > >Example of a message to be displayed: >Tables used for layout should make sense when linearized. >When a table is 'linearized,' the cells are read in the order in which >they appear in the HTML source. > >Repair Technique: >Linearize the table and ask the author to verify that the result is >understandable. > >Test Files and Discussion Files: >Link to test file for this technique. ></blockquote> > >[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-er-ig/2000Jan/0059.html >[2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/ert-19991221.html > > >-- >wendy a chisholm >world wide web consortium >web accessibility initiative >madison, wi usa >tel: +1 608 663 6346 >/-- > ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University 423 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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