22074 2013-05-17 18:51:54 +0000 modify advice on use of figcaption to caption table. 2016-04-25 18:09:30 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED MOVED P2 normal --- 1 faulkner.steve faulkner.steve arronei faulkner.steve lwatson mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking rabab.gomaa public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 87826 0 faulkner.steve 2013-05-17 18:51:54 +0000 My concern: When figure contains only a table element, <caption> is omitted in favor of <figcaption>. http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element When coding in a government environment where data tables are frequently used, I see having different ways of coding table (sometimes with caption, other time with figcaption) confusing. It might also increase the chance of having failures of accessibility. My proposal: Revise the statement below and consider changing it to "the figcaption is omitted in favor of the caption" or have equal power for <figcaption> and <caption> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element When a table element is the only content in a figure element other than the figcaption, the caption element should be omitted in favor of the figcaption. My arguments: - <caption> is the original element created for table titles. - Maintaining one way of coding the table will prevent confusion when <figure> is used as a grouping element for table with footnotes. 87827 1 faulkner.steve 2013-05-17 18:53:37 +0000 filed on behalf of Rabab.Gomaa@inspection.gc.ca 126097 2 lwatson 2016-04-25 18:09:30 +0000 Migrated for further discussion: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/251