- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:55:23 -0600
- To: <po@trace.wisc.edu>, "'GL - WAI Guidelines WG'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>2) An idea that was floated was: Layout tables use summary and >data tables use captions. To make them easier to differentiate. Or if >layout tables are marked in attribute or caption.. be sure to specify how to >mark It would help assistive technologies to be able to have a clear indication if a table is being used for layout or data. Some potential ways: 1. Limit the use of TH element to data tables 2. Limit the use of the CAPTION element to data tables 3. The SUMMARY attribute starts with the would "layout" or other key word 4. Something else 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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