- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:19:11 -0700
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie, public-html@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
Hi Ian and Joshue, On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > Joshue, > > Sam asked me to work with you to draft voting text for the issue > regarding > how to make complex data tables more accessible. > > Do you have any proposed text so far? > > If not, what would you think of the following?: > > What do you think HTML5 should say about making complex data tables > more accessible? > > ( ) HTML5 should encourage authors to use the summary="" attribute > that was introduced in HTML4. > > ( ) The text currently in the HTML5 spec is fine. > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tabular-data.html#table-descriptions > > ( ) Something else, described below. > > If you said "something else", please describe it here: [_____] When you guys develop the wording, I'd suggest also having this as an explicit option: ( ) The text currently in the HTML5 spec is mostly fine, but should in addition make summary="" conforming for authors without encouraging it over other options: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tabular-data.html#table-descriptions I believe this represents the point of view of many Working Group members better than the first two options, enough that it shouldn't be just a write-in. Regards, Maciej
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