hixie: apply wg decision (whatwg r6006)

hixie: apply wg decision (whatwg r6006)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4828&r2=1.4829&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6005&to=6006

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   <p>The <code><a href="#the-table-element">table</a></code> element takes part in the <a href="#table-model">table
   model</a>.</p>
 
-  </div><p>Tables must not be used as layout aids. Historically, some Web
-  authors have misused tables in HTML as a way to control their page
-  layout. This usage is non-conforming, because tools attempting to
-  extract tabular data from such documents would obtain very confusing
-  results. In particular, users of accessibility tools like screen
-  readers are likely to find it very difficult to navigate pages with
-  tables used for layout.<p class="note">There are a variety of alternatives to using HTML
-  tables for layout, primarily using CSS positioning and the CSS table
-  model.<div class="impl">
+  </div><p>Tables should not be used as layout aids.
 
-  <p>User agents that do table analysis on arbitrary content are
-  encouraged to find heuristics to determine which tables actually
-  contain data and which are merely being used for layout. This
-  specification does not define a precise heuristic.</p>
+  Historically, many Web authors have tables in HTML as a way to
+  control their page layout making it difficult to extract tabular
+  data from such documents.
 
-  </div><p>Tables have rows, columns, and cells given by their descendants.
+  In particular, users of accessibility tools, like screen readers,
+  are likely to find it very difficult to navigate pages with tables
+  used for layout.
+
+  If a table is to be used for layout it must be marked with the
+  attribute role="presentation" for a user agent to properly represent
+  the table to an assistive technology and to properly convey the
+  intent of the author to tools that wish to extract tabular data from
+  the document.</p><p class="note">There are a variety of alternatives to using HTML
+  tables for layout, primarily using CSS positioning and the CSS table
+  model.<p>Tables have rows, columns, and cells given by their descendants.
   The rows and columns form a grid; a table's cells must completely
   cover that grid without overlap.<div class="impl">
   <p class="note">Precise rules for determining whether this

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