- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:15:16 -0500
- To: dd@w3.org, "Chris Ridpath" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Cc: "WAI ER IG List" <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
Another heuristic: layout tables typically have border=0 padding=0 spacing=0 especially if cells contain images. These are needed to avoid spaces between images. Len At 02:21 PM 11/15/99 +0100, Daniel Dardailler wrote: > >> The guideline specifies that there should be row and/or column headers for >> *data* tables only. >> >> Shouldn't there be headers for tables used for layout? > >No, see Checkpoint 5.4. > >> How could we determine if the table was a data table or a layout table? > >Heuristics. >Most tables are layout today. >Likely to have size specified (width, height), colspan, no border. > >Data table are likely to have tr and borders. > > > > ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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