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Re: Guidance for HTML data table special cases?

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Jul 25, 2017 12:45PM


hello: i like what you said and and understand your frustration. however i
do disagree with the leaving the sells blank the beginner screen
reader user does not know how to navagate tables and needs some form of
place marker to show a sell is empty

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Meacham, Steve - FSA, Kansas City, MO <
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> I won't share the specific vitriolic feedback, but it boils down to
> wanting to treat accessibility as a compliance issue (where's the WCAG
> success criteria to back this up?) vs accessibility as a practice (it
> violates WCAG principles Perceivable and Understandable, and it can be
> disorienting to even visual users).
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Guidance for HTML data table special cases?
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> Just curious. Did they provide you any feedback on why they don't receive
> this guidance well?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:36 AM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Guidance for HTML data table special cases?
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> I've provided guidance for two special cases of HTML data tables to my
> organization. It has not been well received. Here it is, summarized, and
> I'd appreciate feedback or references to something I can point them too
> that might be better or more acceptable/accessible.
>
> For data tables that contain no data, such as before being populated, or
> which lack any matching records: Rather than presenting a single row of
> column headers followed by nothing else, include one subsequent row,
> spanning all the columns, with text that indicates why there is no data
> being displayed, and directing the user forward. Example: "No matching
> records. Try another query." Another example: "No data has been
> recorded. Add a record."
>
> For data tables that contain missing data (i.e. there are blank data
> cells, intermingled with populated data cells): Leave the cells empty or
> using a non-breaking space. Don't add a hyphen, dot, N/A, or other place
> holder unless there is a particular business need.
>
> For data tables that are sparse (same as above, but the blank cells become
> so numerous that finding the data that _is_ there becomes difficult to do
> non-visually, such as with a screen reader or magnifier): Redesign.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Steven Meacham, ICT Accessibility Program Manager USDA Farm Service Agency
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