- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:52:05 +0000
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, "W3C WAI Protocols & Formats" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>, wai-liaison@w3.org
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> wrote: > It also doesn't seem to fit the description in WCAG2 about how to use the > summary attribute: > > "... to provide a brief overview of how data has been organized into a > table or a brief explanation of how to navigate the table." > > http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H73.html Worth noting that WCAG 2 techniques are advisory, rather than mandatory. Personally, I disagree with this technique's particular suggested use of summary for simple tables...and, as it's only advisory, that's fine...as long as i and my users are happy that the actual mandatory SC 1.3.1 is satisfied. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ ______________________________________________________________ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________
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