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From: Rabab Gomaa
Date: May 15, 2012 8:57AM

Hello everyone,

I work for the government of Canada. My department has all PDF forms in a page with one table (form #, title, revision date, size and form type).
Would it be less accessible if we put the size and form type in a different cell knowing that only the title is linked to the PDF file (like example 1)?
The page owner sees example 1 much easier for the user to use but we fear that when the PDF (size and type) are not included in the link context, this can break WCAG 2.0 AA rules or make the page less accessible/usable for screen readers.

Example 1: (form title, size, type, in different cells)
<table>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Form <abbr title="number">No</abbr>.</th>
<th scope="col">Title</th>
<th scope="col">Revision Date</th>
<th scope="col">Type</th>
<th scope="col">Size <abbr title="kilobyte">kb</abbr></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">0001</th>
<td><a href="x.pdf">Application for Registration or Renewal</td>
<td>2010/06</td>
<td>Fillable</td>
<td>279 </td>
</tr>
</table>

Example 2: (PDF title and details in the same link context)
<table>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Form <abbr title="number">No</abbr>.</th>
<th scope="col">Title</th>
<th scope="col">Revision Date</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">0001</th>
<td><a href="x.pdf"> Application for Registration or Renewal - Fillable Form, 279 <abbr title="kilobyte">kb</abbr></a></td>
<td>2010/06</td>
</tr>
</table>

Thank you,
Rabab