Re: Subj: Re: retention of summary attribute for TABLE element

On 6/13/07 10:48 AM, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote:

> If this can be done, the remaining problem sounds like it could be
> solved either through <caption> or another mechanism for associating
> text that is, by default, displayed in visual UAs with the table.


http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/html5/html4-differences/Overview.html#ne
w-elements

figure can be used to associate a caption together with some embedded
content, such as a graphic or video:

<figure>
 <video src=ogg>Š</video>
 <legend>Example</legend>
</figure>

<figure>
 <legend>A lengthy description of the following table. If this messes up the
³visual vibe² of the page then it can be sent to height:0 and still be read
by screenreaders (I think)</legend>
<table> 
    ...
</table>
</figure>



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