- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:54:10 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org
Debi Orton wrote: >> I am also disappointed that attributes particularly useful to the >> users of screen reading software are not included, specifically the >> id attribute of the th element and the headers attribute of the td >> element. For complex or dense tables, these are almost required for >> screen reader users to understand the context of individual table >> cells. I have seen arguments in the list that the scope attribute >> can supply the same information, but that isn't currently true and I >> don't know how the scope attribute can reliably be used to provide >> the same context for screen reader users that is now provided by >> using the id attribute of the th element in concert with the headers >> attribute of the td element. Simon Pieters wrote: > This is an open issue. Yes, it is: http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueTableHeaders It may help to clarify in the spec that headers is as an open issue, along with summary and longdesc. http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/SummaryForTABLE http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/LongdescRetention Best Regards, laura -- Laura L. Carlson http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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