[Bug 8745] New: Deprecation of the use of TABLE for Layout [fwd]

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8745

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:14:35 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8745

           Summary: Deprecation of the use of TABLE for Layout
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
               URL: 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Table/layout_TABLE_deprecation
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: a11y
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P1
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: oedipus@hicom.net
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, oedipus@hicom.net, mike@w3.org, public-
                    html@w3.org


1. PROPOSED: The use of TABLE for layout be DEPRECATED. 

2. RATIONALE: Just as use of BLOCKQUOTE to achieve a stylistic effect was
DEPRECATED in favor of stylesheets in HTML 4.01, so, too, should use of 
TABLE for layout and stylistic purposes be DEPRECATED in favor of 
stylesheets. 

3. Proposal Specifics 
3.1.TABLE should be reserved for tabular data, not for layout purposes; 
use of TABLE for layout is misuse of a structural element for stylistic 
purposes 

3.2.TABLE should be deprecated for "layout" purposes in favor of CSS 

3.3.for legacy content, a TABLE used for layout MUST be assigned, either 
by an author or user agent, role="layout" or role="presentation" for that 
TABLE.

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