Re: table layout conformance (was: some conformance questions)

>> "Tables must not be used as layout aids. Historically, some Web authors
>> have misused tables in HTML as a way to control their page layout. This
>> usage is non-conforming"
>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tabular-data.html#tabular-data
>
> Thanks for letting me know. I am then officially objecting to that
> last sentence of this paragraph in the spec, and I want it to be
> removed.
>
> No conformance checker can test this so this cannot be a conformance
> criterium.

Only some author conformance requirements are machine-checkable. This
is one of the ones that isn't. Are you objecting to the presence of
any non-machine-checkable author conformance criteria? If so, please
see this comment on the relevant Bugzilla bug:

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7034#c35


Ted

Received on Thursday, 17 June 2010 16:46:03 UTC