- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:31:45 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
Joshue,
Given the recent changes to the spec, two of the options I previously
suggested for the vote are now equivalent, so I propose we change the
options we propose to the working group this Thursday to:
What do you think HTML5 should say about making complex data tables
more accessible?
( ) HTML5 should encourage authors to use the summary="" attribute
that was introduced in HTML4.
( ) The text currently in the HTML5 spec, discouraging summary="" but
encouraging other mechanisms for describing tables, is fine.
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tabular-data.html#table-descriptions
( ) Something else, described below.
If you said "something else", please describe it here: [_____]
I think if we have these options we should definitely also include a
150-word essay for each of the first two options, written by proponents of
those options, that argue each case, so that people who aren't familiar
with the issues can read up on them before voting.
What do you think? Is this what we should propose to the working group?
Sam informs me that we're supposed to decide this by tomorrow (Thursday),
for presentation to the group by the conference call.
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