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Re: "Ian B. Jacobs": Make summary attribute on TABLE requried?

From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 16:34:48 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199712102134.QAA03276@access2.digex.net>
To: w3c-wai-hc@w3.org (HC team)
to follow up on what Daniel Dardailler said:

> rings any bell ?
> From: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>
> 
> David Abrahamson (ISO) has asked the HTML WG to make
> the "summary" attribute on TABLE required, rather than
> option, obviously in the interest of accessibility.
> (see
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-html-wg/1997OctDec/0511.html)
> 
> Do you have any thoughts on this? 

ASG:: He actually had two suggestions.  For straw poll, my $.02:

	make required? no.  
      
	populate the attribute in examples in the spec? yes.

-- Al
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