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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.
filed on behalf of Rabab.Gomaa@inspection.gc.ca
Migrated for further discussion: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/251