Re: summary attribute compromise proposal

On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>> On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>> I agree it's good to make sure @summary is used for what it's  
>>>>> there; I'm not yet convinced that an unconditional validator  
>>>>> warning is the right way to get there, though.
>>>> Do you think it's acceptable as part of a compromise, even if  
>>>> you're not sure it's ideal?
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> No, not really, as the behavior of validators really is a key  
>>> question here (next to the (current) guidance not to use it).
>> What do you think is the proper validator behavior on encountering  
>> summary="" - keeping in mind that providing no guidance at all to  
>> authors is likely to be unacceptable to many people?
>
> If by summary="" you mean an *empty* attribute, then yes, I think  
> that should generate a warning. Another case for a warning might be  
> summary text that is repeated in the table caption.


No, I mean a summary attribute being present at all, regardless of its  
value. What do you think should be the validator behavior for that case?

Regards,
Maciej