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Re: Table SUMMARY Tag

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From: Langum, Michael J
Date: Mar 2, 2011 8:54AM

Ms Pyatt,

The summary attribute is not visually displayed in a browser. It's purpose is to assist users of assistive technology to understand the structure of the table. E.g.

<table summary="this table lists responses to survey questions by sub-group. Responses for each sub-group are provided as absolute numbers, and percentage of whole.">

-- Mike