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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



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Subject: [WebAIM] tables and accessibility

I would like to thank everyone who took time to respond to my question about
SharePoint and DNN.



>From the posts to the list and internet searches, I understand that one
of the problems with both SP and DNN is the use of nested tables to contain
webparts and the webpart content. The other developers have asked for a
clear explanation why this is not accessible.



I am also trying to demonstrate the benefit of the use of semantically
correct markup such as proper heading tags and using ol/ul for list output.
If anyone has a sample of a site that demonstrates this it may help me
explain the importance to my team.



Thank you to all the list members who have taken the time for responding to
the list.

Kathleen Ballard
SCJP, CFMX7

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