- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:50:45 +0200
- To: James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com>
- Cc: Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 02:40:24PM -0700, James Nurthen wrote: > Where in > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#adef-headers does > it state that the headers must be in the same table? I can't find It doesn't actually state that they must be. In theory, what your developers are doing COULD work, and wouldn't explicitly violate the specification: as long as a TH with an ID that matches the HEADERS list can be found, all is well. It's entirely illogical to divide up a data table, however. For a good argument I'd simply ask them whether or not ATs actually in use can handle TH/TDs divided into separate tables, but linked via IDs. I suspect the answer is that they can't, at which point theory need give way to practicality. -- Tina Holmboe Greytower Technologies www.greytower.net CEO Quality and Accessibility www.sitesifter.co.uk blog.greytower.net www.twitter.com/GreytowerTech
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