- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:18:14 -0600
- To: Martin Kliehm <martin.kliehm@namics.com>
- Cc: Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Hi Martin, > So it seems a main objection is that @summary metadata is hidden. It struck > me that it is the same with the @datetime attribute of <ins> and <del> > elements. The difference is that there's also the <time> element in case you > prefer datetime to be visible. > > So for consistency, why don't we keep @summary which is also backwards > compatible, and add something redundant like a <summary> element for people > who want to make it visible or change the visibility using CSS? Thus > everybody should be happy. Some long term solutions along those lines are in the Wiki: http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/SummaryForTABLE#head-1d4cc386df3edd130dd677e056ba2bf98961145a Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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