- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:09:23 +0100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
Hi Ian, > 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. Those suggestions are reasonable. Noted. Cheers Josh
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