- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:19:23 -0500
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >> I find nothing objectionable in this Change Proposal, and agree that >> the example table used in the spec is somewhat contrived and >> unrealistic. The example table given in this Change Proposal seems >> more realistic, exhibiting useful complexity without being >> overwhelming. > > On second review, I have to retract my statement that there is > "nothing objectionable". The table itself is generally acceptable as > an example of a table. > > However, I had skipped over the part where the @summary attribute is > reintroduced, and given an explanatory paragraph. That is not > relevant to the Issue at hand, and given the current state of the > @summary attribute, should be removed. If @summary is later > reintroduced as a valid attribute in HTML, the example may be amended. > > As well, as a technical detail, a footer for the table should not go > in a cell of the table. That is an abuse of table semantics. It > should appear in text surrounding the table. > > ~TJ > I did modify the example, adding totals into the tfoot element, and pulled the credit information out into a paragraph following the table. Shelley
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