- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:38 -0500
- To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
- Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
On Feb 28, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Robert J Burns wrote: > I've certainly tried to address authors in the text I wrote > (actually some minor changes to Steve's original text; mine is not > version B and his version A). I do feel more should be said and as > Steve acknowledged any version requires some easy to follow examples. That should have read mine _IS_ version B and Steve's is version A. <http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/SummaryForTABLE/SummarySpecification?action=show#head-f7ae874dfb50ef6dfa17e222128fd04365ab691c > Leif's version adds something norms about 'caption' which we should clarify alongside summary. The substantive differences between version A and version B is that version B follows WCAG in recommending summary="" for layout tables and also directs authors to include a caption within 'summary' if the author elects to omit a caption entirely (though prohibiting the use of 'summary' for caption when the author includes 'caption' content). The idea here is that non-visual users have a strong need for a caption even though captions can often be omitted due to context for visual users. I think these issues are the types of things the WG should discuss and not whether HTML should be serving visually or cognitively impaired users. Take care, Rob
Received on Saturday, 28 February 2009 22:12:32 UTC