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Comment LC-2869: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Commenter's response (URI):; Comment:
F91 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/F91.html) is about not marking up table headers correctly.

The procedure reads:
For all data tables, check if table headers can be correctly programmatically determined by use of one of the following mechanisms:

1. headers marked up with table header (th) elements, optionally with scope attributes
2. headers and data cells associated using headers and id attributes
3. headers marked up as td elements with the scope attribute
4. headers marked up with ARIA role attributes rowheader or columnheader

Suggested changes:
"For all data tables, check if table data cells and table heading cells can be correctly associated programmatically by use of one of the following mechanisms:"

"1. headers marked up with table header (th) elements and the appropriate scope attribute, unless the table has headers only in the first row or column, in which case the scope attribute is optional."; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: on F91: For all data tables, check if table data cells and table heading cells can be @@correctly associated programmatically by use of one of the following mechanisms:" 1. headers marked up with table header (th) elements and the appropriate scope attribute, @@unless the table has headers only in the first row or column, in which case the scope attribute is optional. (other steps in procedure remain the same); Resolution: Thank you for the comment. Per your suggestion we will clarify the procedure as follows: 1. headers marked up with table header (th) elements 2. scope attributes on table header cells for tables with more than a single row or column of table headers.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)