I discussed the issue of @headers on th elements with Gez lemon: he came up with some info on the topic: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.6 In the DTD fragment, they have the following comment: <!-- TH is for headers, TD for data, but for cells acting as both use TD --> And then down in the associating header information with data cells: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.4.1 They have: "Note that it's not always possible to make a clean division of cells into headers or data. You should use the TD element for such cells together with the id or scope attributes as appropriate." Considering that, it's a bit strange that they allow the headers attribute on th elements. Having a header implies that the cell contains data, in which case it should be marked up with td. That's probably why HTML5 have removed it from there, as it wouldn't make sense. -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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