- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 14:42:16 -0600
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
comments labeled as JRG:: At 01:36 PM 3/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >Question 1: Should a guideline state that labeling of simple tables is not >[required]? JRG:: I think tables for navigation bars and other standard tables should have specific labels like "navbar", or if there are more than one "navbar1", "navbar2", "navbar3"... If tabling (is tabling a word?) is used for formating, maybe the label should just be: "table is being used for xxx visual formatting." Are there other structures besides nav bars that could have "standard" labels. > >If yes, then: > >Question 2: When does a table become complicated enough for labeling to be JRG:: I think on one level labels sould be used to desribe why the tabel is there, but on a functional side that seems a bit extreme for the author to have to define. >[required]? > >Note 1: [required] is the sense defined in the guidelines - Required, >otherwise it will be impossible for one or more groups of users to >understand the page. (Whereas, [recommended] means - Makes page easier to >understand and use.) > >Note 2: labeling refers to the new TABLE markup available in HTML 4.0 such >as header, id, scope, and summary > >---- >Starling Access Services > "Access A World Of Possibility" > e-mail: info@starlingweb.com > URL: http://www.starlingweb.com > Phone: 613-820-2272 FAX: 613-820-6983 > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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