Re: Table Summary Change Proposal

I have reworked the change proposal again, by answering the questions I 
asked below ...

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/tableSummaryProposal

Changes noted below:

Leif Halvard Silli, Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:21:59 +0100:

> This new proposal is simpler: It allows up to two caption elements, as 
> long as one of them is pointed to via aria-describedby.

No longer necessary - the second caption *is* a table summary.

> The proposal 
> also designates the role of aria-describedby and aria-labelledby 
> differently. 
> 
> 	(Because ... I consulted the ARIA spec ... and @aria-labelledby 
> basically can be used to point to a caption element. I am still 
> interested in this subject though ... It could still be that 
> aria-labelledby="caption-with-summary" would be more meaningful. **I am 
> very interested in comments about this.**)

Upon reading the specs, I decided once more that the 'table summary' 
concept belongs to 'aria-labelledby'.

[...]
> Questions: 
> 
> 	* What about not requiring aria-describedby, as long as the caption 
> with the 'table summary' appears *after* the other <caption>?
> 	* aria-labelledby vs aria-describedby - see above.

See answer above, and on the web page.
-- 
leif halvard silli

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