20224 2012-12-03 23:17:03 +0000 Consider defining abbr="" for <td> elements 2014-03-08 19:49:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML a11y Task Force unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED WONTFIX a11ytf P2 normal --- 1 erika.doyle faulkner.steve eoconnor faulkner.steve mark.sadecki+w3c mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking robin silviapfeiffer1 dave.null oldest_to_newest 79331 0 erika.doyle 2012-12-03 23:17:03 +0000 As noted in the comments of https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13614, abbr="" is useful and used for <td> elements as well as for <th> elements. 13614 was fixed (abbr has been defined for th) in time for the CR period of HTML5.0. As a follow up, I asked the filer (James Nurthen) about the use of abbr on td elements, and he noted that although abbr on th was his primary concern, the best outcome with regards to web accessibility would be to allow abbr on both td and th elements. Filing this for consideration in HTML5.1 79638 1 silviapfeiffer1 2012-12-07 11:24:16 +0000 I think this is already covered in the current spec through your commit: https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/e214f469d60202f80b4aec9396caf763f2a3722f I'd like to put forward to use Ian's proposed sentence at: https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b2567ff15727d5dd99ea031e5dbc48dd56433798 instead. I am finding it hard to come up with a use case for abbr on td while it's common on th. 79639 2 silviapfeiffer1 2012-12-07 11:25:59 +0000 adding a11y TF keyword to get feedback 79701 3 erika.doyle 2012-12-07 23:14:00 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > I think this is already covered in the current spec through your commit: > https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/e214f469d60202f80b4aec9396caf763f2a3722f It would probably also involve some IDL tweaking to move abbr="" up a level to the HTMLTableCellElement interface (inherited by both td and th): http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#htmltablecellelement ...along with moving the definition and example to that place in the spec. > I'd like to put forward to use Ian's proposed sentence at: > https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b2567ff15727d5dd99ea031e5dbc48dd56433798 > instead. For now at least, maybe we should go ahead and merge in Ian's change, to keep things consistent in the spec? 80370 4 eoconnor 2012-12-18 18:59:51 +0000 Yes, let's merge Ian's change in. 81690 5 robin 2013-01-21 15:58:38 +0000 Mass move to "HTML WG" 81808 6 robin 2013-01-21 16:01:25 +0000 Mass move to "HTML WG" 85175 7 faulkner.steve 2013-03-30 16:34:19 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: agree with Comment 1, if anyone can provide uses cases for abbr on td feel free to re-open. 102106 8 mark.sadecki+w3c 2014-03-08 19:49:36 +0000 Discussed in HTML Accessibility TF Meeting on 30 JAN 2014 http://www.w3.org/2014/01/30-html-a11y-minutes.html#item09 RESOLVED to consider for HTML 5.1 Moved to HTML a11y Task Force component on 08 MAR 2014 for additional info.