[Bug 22074] New: modify advice on use of figcaption to caption table.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22074

            Bug ID: 22074
           Summary: modify advice on use of figcaption to caption table.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

My concern:
When figure contains only a table element, <caption> is omitted in favor of
<figcaption>.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element

When coding in a government environment where data tables are frequently used,
I see having different ways of coding table (sometimes with caption, other time
with figcaption) confusing.  It might also increase the chance of having
failures of accessibility.



My proposal:
Revise the statement below and consider changing it to "the figcaption is
omitted in favor of the caption" or have equal power for <figcaption> and
<caption>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element

When a table element is the only content in a figure element other than the
figcaption, the caption element should be omitted in favor of the figcaption.

My arguments:
- <caption> is the original element created for table titles.
- Maintaining one way of coding the table will prevent confusion when <figure>
is used as a grouping element for table with footnotes.

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Received on Friday, 17 May 2013 18:51:59 UTC