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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Dec 5, 2017 2:14PM

They're not that bad when you add role="presentation" to the <table>, and each descendant <table>, as well. It kills the semantics of the table and a screen reader user won't get that noise. I'd be more concerned about SC 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence than SC 1.3.1 Info and Relationships in this case. Make sure that the positioning of the content falls in line with the DOM order as to create a proper reading order. I don't think not having a role="presentation" is a classic failure of SC 1.3.1, but it is highly recommended as a best practice to do so. Oddly enough, it is a failure if you use role="presentation" on an element that needs to convey semantic information.

I hope this helps,

Nick Beranek
Capital One