- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:46:18 -0600
- To: <public-wcag-teamb@w3.org>
>From Michael "Good design is accessible design." John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/ -----Original Message----- From: Michael Cooper [mailto:michaelc@watchfire.com] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:00 am To: John M Slatin Subject: RE: Your comments on HTML technique for tabular information Hi John - I think the existence of the failure technique addresses the issue. That technique needs at least a description, of course. Something like: Tabular information should be represented using the <table> element. Information is considered tabular when Logical relationships among text, numbers, images, or other data are represented in columns and rows and the columns and rows must be recognizable in order for the logical relationships to be perceived. Sometimes, tabular information is suggested by visual organization of text in a <pre> element. Because this lacks structure it does not meet the requirements of the success criterion. Michael -----Original Message----- From: John M Slatin [mailto:john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:03 PM To: Michael Cooper Subject: Your comments on HTML technique for tabular information Hi, Michael. In your comments on the HTML technique "Using table, tr, and td to present tabular information," you suggested that the technique should include an example of tabular informatino presented without table markup. The technique has been retitled and combined with the technique about using the th element to identify column and row headers, as suggested on last Thursday's call. The new title is: Using table markup to present tabular information http://trace.wisc.edu/wcag_wiki/index.php?title=Using_table_markup_to_pr esent_tabular_information We tried to include an example like the one you suggested, but members of Team B decided to remove it because (a) it was confusing, and (b) it was not consistent with the examples in other techniques documents, which show what are considered correct practices. Instead, we added a a "Failure due to using the HTML pre elementto mark up tabular information http://trace.wisc.edu/wcag_wiki/index.php?title=Failure_due_to_using_the _pre_element_to_markup_tabular_information Please review the updated technique and let me know if the updated version addresses the concerns you raised. Thanks! John "Good design is accessible design." John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/
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