- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:13:09 -0400
- To: "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
These tests deal with table captions. Test 151 - All data tables contain a caption that describes the nature of the table unless the nature of the table is described by the table's summary. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test151.html Test 115 - All layout tables do not contain caption elements. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test115.html It was suggested earlier that another test be added to ensure the summary and caption do not contain the same text. This sounds like a good idea but I would like to postpone adding the test until we resolve the proper use of caption and summary. There has been a large amount of discussion on the lists regarding the use of caption and summary. The use of the title attribute in this regard has also been discussed. use of title instead of caption: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004AprJun/0847 complex vs. simple data tables: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004AprJun/0500.html caption and summary: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2003OctDec/0391.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2005JanMar/0075 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#edef-CAPTION http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#adef-summary Cheers, Chris
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