Re: table-summary argument

• From: Matt Morgan-May <mattmay@adobe.com>
• Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:38:00 -0800
• To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
• CC: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <C5AE2368.14144%mattmay@adobe.com>

This copy is fine with me.

Thanks,
m

On 2/3/09 4:05 PM, "Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote:

>> table@summary: "A survey of existing web content showed that this
>> attribute was rarely used, and, when it was, it was frequently
>> misused, leading to the conclusion that it should be removed from
>> HTML 5.  On the other hand, the attribute has been in HTML for
>> since HTML 4, there are some sites that use it correctly, and
>> the WAI community has recommended its continued inclusion
>> as a best practice in the hopes of increasing correct
>> deployment. This issue is not yet decided."
> 
> Doesn't appear to include the point above, but other than that looks OK
> to me.  Matt Morgan-May, how does this sound to you?

Received on Wednesday, 4 February 2009 00:38:38 UTC