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From: Wolfgang Berndorfer
Date: Jul 9, 2017 10:47AM

Hi!

Are scope-attributes still considered as necessary for <th>-elements in data
tables?

webaim <http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data#th>; says Yes. But I read
on w3scholls <https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_td_scope.asp> that the
attribute is not supported in HTML5.

And: I just tested a simple data table (with no nested headings for columns
or rows): Jaws 17 showed no information or navigation problems, when <th>
was implemented correctly.

Opinions?

Wolfgang Berndorfer