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From: Pospelova Vera
Date: Dec 8, 2022 1:56AM

Hi,

Thank you again.

I was referring specifically to documents in the website, which must be also accessible. Specifically with Word files and PDF files, as the both softwares have options to add alternative text. My doubt was concrete in this case, if the table is well structured, having a heading, and the context describes the most important values contained in the table if the alternative text is mandatory or not. In case of PDF, if I run the accessibility checker I have an error in every table because it does not contain table summary, but I really was in doubt if this is something mandatory or not although the tool mark it as error.

Thanks.

De: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > en nombre de Josua Muheim < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Enviado: jueves, 8 de diciembre de 2022 07:31
Para: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Asunto: Re: [WebAIM] Non-textual content: tables?

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With “Headings”, Lars probably means “<th>” elements (not to confuse with i.e. <h1>).


> On 7 Dec 2022, at 19:06, Lars Ballieu Christensen < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi Vera
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> A table is not non-textual content; a table is a structure that should be marked up as such with prober headings, a caption and a summary. Rather than SC 1.1.1., you probably want to have a look at SC 1.3.1.
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> Venligst/Kind regards
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> On 07/12/2022, 14.04, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Pospelova Vera" < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Our country adopted the EN 301 549:2019 norm/standard, which is based on WCAG 2.1 guidelines. I have a question regarding the 1.1.1 success criteria, which is non-textual content. In concrete, I cannot find anywhere how the tables should be considered. We are sure that figures must have an alternative text as they are non-textual content, but our doubt is with the tables, we do not know how they should be considered, and we couldn't find any solid clarification in the norm/standard.
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> Please can you help us?
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> Thank you,
> Regards,
> Vera.
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