- From: Michael Cooper <mcooper@cast.org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:15:41 -0400
- To: "Chris Ridpath" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>, "WAI ER IG List" <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
What we decided for Bobby, in our interpretation of the guidelines, was that a SUMMARY attribute would be always required but a CAPTION element would only be required if the table is a data table. I agree a CAPTION is intrusive for layout tables and we shouldn't require it, but it's very helpful for data tables. And summary, being invisible, doesn't hurt to have in all tables. Michael -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Chris Ridpath Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:36 AM To: WAI ER IG List Subject: Technique 5.5.2 - Check TABLE elements for valid CAPTION element I think we should remove this technique because we already have a requirement (technique 5.5.1) that the user enter a table summary. This technique is redundant. Table captions are rendered by the current Netscape and IE5 above the table and this can be distracting, especially for layout tables. The table summary is not rendered by these browsers. If we do leave this technique in then it should be moved down to priority 3 from priority 2. Chris
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