Re: [#293] Summary for tables

> <table title="layout" summary="...">
>
Not exactly a correct use of the TITLE attribute but I can live with it.

This should rarely be used because we can determine the table purpose by the
use of TH elements.

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>
To: "Chris Ridpath" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>; "Jens Meiert"
<jens.meiert@erde3.com>; <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Cc: <www-html@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [#293] Summary for tables


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Ridpath" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
> To: "Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>; "Jens Meiert"
> <jens.meiert@erde3.com>; <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Cc: <www-html@w3.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [#293] Summary for tables
>
>
> >
> >  <table type="layout" />
> >
> > The TABLE element does not have a TYPE attribute in HTML4 so, as Roberto
> > suggested, this would cause problems.
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#edef-TABLE
> >
> > Even if approved by the XHTML group this would cause problems with HTML
> > validator tools.
>
> Following your suggestion, an attribute that i think could be use is the
> "title" attribute. As you know the screen readers works on the table with
> the summary attribute. If we create an instruction like this:
>
> <table title="layout" summary="...">
>
> Roberto Scano
> IWA/HWG EMEA Coordinator
> W3C Advisory Committee Representative for IWA/HWG
> International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild
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