[Bug 24647] Define table@border as explicit indication that the *borders* are meaningful

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24647

--- Comment #10 from Andrea Rendine <master.skywalker.88@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to steve faulkner from comment #9)
CSS can't do everything. Exactly as @type on <ol> and @width / @height on
embedded elements (but for reasons which are not the same), this attribute can
be used as a suggestion about how to render the element when the related
property is relevant. Visual aspect of web pages is essentially meant for UAs
which also process the style layer. But a web page must be autonomous. It must
be rendered in a readable way even when its own CSS is for some reason not
available:
 - when loading the resource fails
 - when the data are retrieved by data mining tools and displayed in other
pages not fitted for the element
 - when displayed by those user agents which do not process CSS at all, such as
text-based browsers. 
   * And more significantly a markup trigger for "readability border" could be
used by search engines.
These are just examples.

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Received on Friday, 14 February 2014 20:01:18 UTC