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Re: Alternative Descriptions for Complex Tables

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Jan 12, 2017 2:30PM

Hi Levon,

I would recommend at the very least a <caption> element that provides a very brief description of the table. I'm curious to hear about the use of the "summary" attribute on <table> versus "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby". Historically, we've used the "summary" attribute to provide a long description.

Nick