- From: Johannes Koch <koch@w3development.de>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:33:51 +0100
- To: WCAG-WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Bruce
Bailey, Bruce schrieb:
> Johannes points out:
>
> <!-- TH is for headers, TD for data, but for cells acting as both use TD -->
>
> From URL:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.6
>
> While I am a little chagrined that it took me eight or nine years to become aware of this particular detail, I am actually quite grateful for that little nugget! But I have to ask, how authoritative is it? Is a comment within sample code actually meant to be normative?
It's not sample code. It's taken from the document type definition.
Another point: If td elements cannot be used in these cases, why are
abbr and scope attributes allowed for td also?
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)
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