- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:57:15 +0100
- To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>, public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Hi Steve, Steven Faulkner wrote: > Considering that, it's a bit strange that they allow the headers > attribute on th elements. Having a header implies that the cell > contains data, in which case it should be marked up with td. That's > probably why HTML5 have removed it from there, as it wouldn't make > sense. Yes thats true. I guess though if we look at headers as semantic hooks to guide how a UA should interpret content then using headers makes sense on the presentational level - in terms of guiding the algorithm when the table is interrogated - if not on the application level. If that makes sense. Josh
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