[Accessibility_sig] FW: table summary attributes

[Mary Salome]

 Not sure if this made it the last time I tried to post it...

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Salome [mailto:msalome at chi.ucsf.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:00 PM
To: accessibility_sig at knowbility.org
Subject: table summary attributes


Hi again,

A while ago I posted a question about empty image alt tags and learned
that they are indeed compliant and a best practice as far as
accessbility is concerned. Thanks for the helpful feedback!

We're facing a similar question about table summary attributes. We've
always used "structural table" so that HTML Tidy wouldn't complain about
empty attributes. From an accessibility POV, are we better off leaving
table summary attributes empty?

Mary

Mary Salome
Production Manager
UCSF Center for HIV Information
http://chi.ucsf.edu