Re: Data Table Collections (Research)

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:15:02 +0200, Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>  
wrote:
> But then the question comes (actually, it was Rob who said it, in a  
> discussion I had with him): is this an accurate interpretaton of the  
> HTML4 basic algorithm? That algorithm says «The search in a given  
> direction stops when the edge of the table is reached or when a data  
> cell is found after a header cell.» So why, then, does the Table  
> Inspecor include Day 1 as header for the data cells under Day 2 - what  
> is it based on?

That does seem like a bug, indeed. However, the algorithm in HTML4 doesn't  
seem to take headers found in <thead> into account which would mean you'd  
have to add scope= there if you have subheadings as in my table. I suppose  
there could be special rules for <thead> or if there is no <thead> the  
first row of the table (if that contains header cells). Probably need to  
study more tables to see what the implications are.


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Saturday, 8 September 2007 17:05:25 UTC