- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 11:21:41 -0500
- To: Tony Leneis <tony@plaza.ds.adp.com>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
Tony Leneis wrote: > > There seems to be an error in the table portion of the HTML 4.0 > specification. Section B.5 mentions the cols attribute many times, but > it is not listed as a valid attribute for the TABLE element in section > 11.2.1. I'm not sure which text to believe, since RFC 1942 defines this > attribute. There are some related typographical errors in section B.5. > Sometimes the cols attribute is all lowercase, following the convention > mentioned in section 1.2.1, and other times it is all uppercase. I'm > guessing that all references to the cols attribute are supposed to be > excised from section B.5, since the user agent can simply look at the > COLGROUP and COL elements. Tony, You are correct. Appendix B incorrectly refers to a "cols" attribute. This attribute, being redundant with the COL and COLGROUP elements, was removed from the tables chapter, but not the appendix. I will add this to the errata sheet. - Ian -- Ian Jacobs / 401 Second Ave. #19G / New York, NY 10010 USA Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 Email: jacobs@w3.org
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