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From: Moore,Michael (HHSC)
Date: Jul 23, 2015 6:46AM

Wouldn't you consider it to be a fundamental semantic flaw to implement a grid with divs rather than a table or am I missing something. I see this implementation all of the time. I understand using generic markup (spans and divs) to create constructs that do not map well to existing html elements but for a grid a table provides the proper semantic structure. - Unless you are referring to a layout grid used to organize sections of a page. Perhaps the problem is that developers are using the frameworks layout grid construct where they should be dropping a table into a div within the grid.

Mike Moore
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