- From: Denis Anson <danson@miseri.edu>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:25:30 -0500
- To: "Jon Gunderson" <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>, <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Jon, In general, I agree with these checkpoints, but would suggest a bit of clarification of 4.3.a. As written, it suggests that the user might want to see a cell as the only thing on the screen. (In fact, this might be true, but not the norm.) The actual issue is that the user be able to render the cell as a discrete element. There might be other cells rendered at the same time, but the distinction between one cell and the next *must* be there. (This might imply, for visual browsers, the ability to turn on borders in a table where the author had set borders to zero, by the way.) Denis Anson, MS, OTR Assistant Professor Computer Access Specialist College Misericordia 301 Lake Street Dallas, PA 18612 RESNA The International Organization of Assistive Technology Professionals Member since 1989 -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Jon Gunderson Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 2:22 PM To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org Subject: PROPOSAL: Checkpoints related to TABLE elements for Conformance by AT Developers The following checkpoints are based on last weeks telecon discusion on tables conformance for AT. Checkpoint 5.5.a [Priority 1] Allow users to navigate between cells of a table Checkpoint 4.3.a [Priority 1] Allow the user to view one table cell at a time Checkpoint 4.3.b [Priority 1] Allow the user to view header information associated with a cell Checkpoint 4.3.c [Priority 2] Allow the user to view assumed headers associated with a cell This checkpoint would use the HTML 4.0 header algorithm and other techniques to determine assumed headers for a table cell. This can be used to repair poorly authored pages. Checkpoint 4.3.d [Priority 2] Allow the user to view the CAPTION element of a table Checkpoint 4.3.e [Priority 2] Allow the user to view the SUMMARY attribute of a table Checkpoint 4.3.f [Priority 2 or 3] Allow the user to view element structural information about a table This checkpoint provides information on the dimensions of the table and other information like does the table have any header elements defined or that it is an embedded table. Checkpoint 4.3.g [Priority 2 or 3] Allow the user to view element structural information associated with a cell This checkpoint provides the row and column information for a table cell. This maybe be useful as a last resort repair strategy for poorly authored tables. Checkpoint 4.3.h [Priority 3] Allow the user to view one table row or column at a time This checkpoint is a convience function for access an entire row or column of information. Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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