ISSUE-24: Update F91 for data tables with no headings?
Update F91
Update F91 for data tables with no headings?
- State:
- OPEN
- Product:
- Raised by:
- Andrew Kirkpatrick
- Opened on:
- 2014-06-02
- Description:
- Discussed http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2014AprJun/0165.html
Might be worth updating the description to indicate more explicitly that not all data tables have headings but when they do they need to be marked up appropriately.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F91.html
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- Related emails:
- Re: Cleaning up working branches (from cooper@w3.org on 2017-08-28)
- WCAG-ISSUE-24 (Update F91): Update F91 for data tables with no headings? (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2014-06-02)
Related notes:
Consider two changes:
1. To add:
While data tables often have both column header and row header cells, some tables may have only a row containing column headers or a column containing row headers. It is important to suitably mark up all header cells when present so that header-data cell relationships are exposed to assistive technology.
2. I do not understand the rationale for the statement in the description:
"Making headers programmatically determinable is especially important when data cells are only intelligible together with header information". I recommend it be struck, because in a data table data cells are always intelligible only with reference to their column and / or row header cells present in the table.
Thanks,
Sailesh
Consider two changes:
1. To add:
While data tables often have both column header and row header cells, some tables may have only a row containing column headers or a column containing row headers. It is important to suitably mark up all header cells when present so that header-data cell relationships are exposed to assistive technology.
2. I do not understand the rationale for the statement in the description:
"Making headers programmatically determinable is especially important when data cells are only intelligible together with header information". I recommend it be struck, because in a data table data cells are always intelligible only with reference to their column and / or row header cells present in the table.
Thanks,
Sailesh
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