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Bug 20259 - The border attribute IS conforming in tables, with two only possible values: 1, indicating tabular data, and the empty string "" indicating presentational purpose. This gives direct and widely used heuristics indications.
Summary: The border attribute IS conforming in tables, with two only possible values: ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-12-06 04:32 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-12-07 22:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2012-12-06 04:32:56 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tabular-data.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-table-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-table-element

Comment:
The border attribute IS conforming in tables, with two only possible values:
1, indicating tabular data, and the empty string "" indicating presentational
purpose. This gives direct and widely used heuristics indications.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-12-07 22:27:56 UTC 
Presentational tables are non-conforming, so there's no need for a conforming way to indicate them, that would make no sense.