Re: Proposed note after checkpoint 8.1

Sounds good to me.
Jon


At 04:20 PM 4/16/00 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>Hello,
>
>As part of resolving issue 235 [1], I'd like to propose
>the following note after checkpoint 8.1 and the following
>addition to the techniques document.
>
>Checkpoint and note:
>
><BLOCKQUOTE>
>8.1 Make available to the user the author-specified purpose of each
>table and the relationships among the table cells and headers.
>
>For example, provide information about table headers,
>how headers relate to cells, table summary
>information, cell position information, table dimensions, etc.
>Graphical user agents may satisfy this checkpoint by
>rendering a table as a two dimensional grid and ensuring that
>users can find headers associated with cells.
></BLOCKQUOTE>
>
>Technique:
>
><BLOCKQUOTE>
>In HTML, beyond the TR, TH, and TD elements, the table attributes
>"summary", "abbr", "headers", "scope", and "axis" provide information
>about relationships among cells and headers.  For
>more information, refer to the section on table techniques.
></BLOCKQUOTE>
>
>  - Ian
>
>[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2000/04/rfbd-20000410#issue-235
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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
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Received on Monday, 17 April 2000 10:44:13 UTC