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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Jun 11, 2007 8:20AM

Googled "nested tables accessibility" and came up with these.

Looks like there are differences of opinion, so I am not sure there is a
definitive answer other than they are "legal" - can work with the latest
screen readers - must be coded correctly to ensure the page linearizes
properly. Here are some of the references - there are many others:

http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/Chapter10.html

http://webstyleguide.com/page/access.html

http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_l
ayouttables.hcsp

http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4917&;highlight

~j

John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com