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Re: Using Tables

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From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Date: Feb 11, 2012 5:48AM

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I think until you can tie a visual element (thinking a heading
> here) to a table a summary is needed.

The <caption> element (for text inside the table) or the attributes
@aria-labelledby and @aria-describedby (for text outside the table)
can do that.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis