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- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:46:37 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14107 --- Comment #18 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> 2012-01-29 21:46:33 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) > The summary attribute for the table element has become non-conforming, but > should be obsolete but conforming, because: > > Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Guideline 5.5 ("Provide summaries for > tables") requires that summaries are provided for tables, and for "HTML", that > means the summary attribute. > > Furthermore, WCAG 1.0 Guideline 11.1 ("Use W3C technologies when they are > available and appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when > supported") requires that the latest versions of W3C technologies, including > HTML, be used. So, once HTML5 is standardized, it will have to be used. (There > might be some wiggle room on the "appropriate for a task" and "when supported" > qualifiers; but I imagine that you wouldn't want people to recommend against > HTML5 usage specifically due to this reason). > > The summary attribute can't just be used in violation of the specification, > because that would violate WCAG 1.0 Guideline 3.2 ("Create documents that > validate to published formal grammars"). Custom Doctypes and similar solutions > are likewise stymied. > > While people should meet WCAG 2.0 rather than WCAG 1.0, there is currently > significant legislative requirement around the world to use WCAG 1.0, which has > not been updated. > > Is there any special reason to retire the attribute? Most major browsers ignore > it right now; is there a compatibility issue? It seems safer to keep it. Also it should be noted that 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. is a 'Priority 3' checkpoint. WCAG 1.0 states: "[Priority 3] A Web content developer *may* address this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it somewhat difficult to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint will improve access to Web documents." http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#priorities the key word 'may' as defined in http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt: "MAY This word, or the adjective "OPTIONAL", mean that an item is truly optional." -- Configure bugmail: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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