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Re: Proposed: a TN tag to join TH and TD?

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Jun 11, 2013 4:59PM

> In your example, I would argue that the table is a layout table, not a data table.

So because it's possibly a layout table you plan to convince just about everyone in the world creating tables they shall not build such tables?

Good luck.


And are you also saying that the presence of such an empty cell will make the document more or less inaccessible to people with disabilities?

What is it that a person with a disability couldn't cope with the presence of such empty cells, if everybody else can?



Olaf




On 12 Jun 2013, at 00:48, Keith Parks wrote:

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> On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:57 AM, Duff Johnson wrote:
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>> My apologies - I think the listserv kills attachments. Here's the screen-shot I sent in the previous mail on this subject:
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>> http://duff-johnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/TN-cell-example.png
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> In your example, I would argue that the table is a layout table, not a data table.
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> PDFs may not have CSS, but there must be some sort of structural language involved (tabs, background blocks) that could build this sort of layout without a table.
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> I believe I understand the issue you are raising, but maybe you need a better example?
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