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Re: Table footnotes <tfoot>, <figure> or <section> ?

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From: Rabab Gomaa
Date: May 17, 2013 12:19PM

Hi Steve,

My concern:
When figure contains only a table element, <caption> is omitted in favor of <figcaption>.
When coding in a government environment where data tables are frequently used, I see having different ways of coding table (sometimes with caption, other time with figcaption) confusing. It might also increase the chance of having failures of accessibility.

My proposal:
Revise the statement below and consider changing it to "the figcaption is omitted in favor of the caption" or have equal power for <figcaption> and <caption>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element
When a table ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-table-element ) element is the only content in a figure ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-figure-element ) element other than the figcaption ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-figcaption-element ), the caption ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-caption-element ) element should be omitted in favor of the figcaption ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-figcaption-element ).

My arguments:
- <caption> is the original element created for table titles.
- Maintaining one way of coding the table will prevent confusion when <figure> is used as a grouping element for table with footnotes.

Rabab

>>> Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 2013-05-17 12:40 PM >>>


Figure is implemented and has been in the spec for a number of years

What is your proposal for changing it?

As I said previously if you or anyone has an issue with the HTML spec please file a bug.

That way the issue can be tracked and responded to.

But please leave your attitude at the door as it is not helpful or contructive.

Regards
Stevef

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