Re: <tfoot> headers & Accessibility?

Dear Charles

Thanks for your reply.  I'd already checked to see if the syntax was
correct via the W3C MarkUp Validation Service.  I'm just trying to get
my head around a few WAI guidelines and follow them as closely as
possible.

My question to the group is would it be possible for the table example
found here (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#data-tables) to be
updated to include <thead>, <tbody>, & <tfoot> tags and show whether or
not the <td> tags under a <tfoot> need headers attributes?

Cheers,
Scott.

Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> 
> It seems right to me. Is your question whether the syntax is correct
> (you could check that at an HTML validator - W3C's is at
> http://validator.w3.org and has pointers to a few others), or about some
> aspect of the way you have used it?
> 
> The latter would be more obviously at home on this list, but it isn't
> clear, since there are so many possiblities, but please be really
> specific if you don't want broad general answers. An example of the latter:
> This will work with today's expensive toys - JAWS, HPR, etc first
> implemented headers attributes rather than the well-defined algorithms
> in HTML. In principle you shouldn't need those attributes in a table
> this simple, but only a few tools (like the tablin table re-organiser)
> can handle this cleanly at the moment
> 
> cheers
> 
> Chaals
> --
> Charles McCathieNevile            Fundacion Sidar
> http://www.sidar.org
> 
> Scott Rippon wrote:
> 
> >Dear All
> >
> >I apologize if this is an inappropriate place to email this question.  I
> >wasn't able to find an answer to my question in the mailing lists.
> >
> >I'm having trouble understanding how to use <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody>
> >and id and header attributes.  Using the example on this page is this
> >correct?
> >
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#data-tables
> >
> ><table border="1"
> > summary="This table charts the number of
> >          cups of coffee consumed by each senator,
> >          the type of coffee (decaf or regular),
> >          and whether taken with sugar.">
> >  <caption>Cups of coffee consumed by each senator</caption>
> >  <thead>
> >    <tr>
> >      <th id="header1">Name</th>
> >      <th id="header2">Cups</th>
> >      <th id="header3" abbr="Type">Type of  Coffee</th>
> >      <th id="header4">Sugar?</th>
> >    </tr>
> >  </thead>
> >  <tfoot>
> >    <tr>
> >      <td>Name</td>
> >      <td>Cups</td>
> >      <td>Type of  Coffee</td>
> >      <td>Sugar?</td>
> >    </tr>
> >  </tfoot>
> >  <tbody>
> >    <tr>
> >      <td headers="header1">T. Sexton</td>
> >      <td headers="header2">10</td>
> >      <td headers="header3">Espresso</td>
> >      <td headers="header4">No</td>
> >    </tr>
> >    <tr>
> >      <td headers="header1">J. Dinnen</td>
> >      <td headers="header2">5</td>
> >      <td headers="header3">Decaf</td>
> >      <td headers="header4">Yes</td>
> >    </tr>
> >  </tbody>
> ></table>
> >
> >Any help would be deeply appreciated.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Scott Rippon.