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Re: data table without visual headers

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Sep 27, 2017 12:15PM

"Info relations conveyed by presentation" also refers to semantics
conveyed by positioning / visual styling.
If the text that follows the course name is positioned such that they
appear as separate and distinct elements apparently in a column, the
table surely needs row headers to pass 1.3.1.


On 9/27/17, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Agree with Jared
>
> The way I view it is that 1.3.1 requires that semantic elements be
> used appropriately (mind you, 1.3.1 only says that if the information
> is communicated visually it needs to be available programmatically or
> in text).
> 2.4.6 only deals with the content of headings and labels. I've actualy
> found 2.4.6 to be a pretty useless success criterion honestly, very
> rarely have I invoked it, primarily for labels on buttons.
>
>
>
> On 9/27/17, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Shane Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> Do you feel that 2.4.6 wouldn't apply here?
>>
>> 2.4.6 doesn't require that headings or labels (or perhaps table
>> headers) exist. It only requires that if they do exist that they
>> accurately describe the topic or purpose. So in this case if
>> inaccurate table headers were present, then this could probably apply.
>> But I think it a stretch that this SC would require that headers be
>> present at all. Or at least that's how I would interpret it.
>>
>> Jared
>> >> >> >> >>
>
>
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> > > > >


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