- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:57:12 +0200
- To: Denis Boudreau <dboudreau@webconforme.com>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, HTML WG Public List <public-html@w3.org>
On Jan 5, 2010, at 20:24, Denis Boudreau wrote: > For instance, here in Quebec (Canada), like most public administrations, we are putting together our own adaption of WCAG 2.0, an accessibility standard called SGQRI 008. [...] > In that standard, the use of the @summary is mandatory for complex data tables. Mandatory. Is http://www.msg.gouv.qc.ca/documents/standards/accessibiliteVCT.pdf the latest version of the Quebec standard draft? If so, it indeed says: "9. En matière de tableau : a) dans un site Web public, un tableau complexe de données doit comporter un résumé indiqué à l’aide de l’attribut summary ;" WCAG 2.0 itself is syntax-agnostic (format-agnostic even) by design. Since the Quebec standard draft loses this important characteristic of WCAG 2.0, I encourage you to report this a bug to drafters of SGQRI 008. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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