Re: Accessible tables

Thanks Andrew.
I was working on the same answer when yours came
through...

Barry

--- Andrew Kirkpatrick <andrew_kirkpatrick(at)wgbh.org>
wrote:
> This is what I'd do - I think your summary was the
> caption, and the header
> was the caption also.  I changed the summary to what
> I believe is a actual
> summary.  
> AWK
> 
> <table summary="this table contains data about the
> condition of the bloom of
> wildflowers below 800 feet above sea level"
> border="1"
> cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4">
> <caption>Conditions below 800 feet</caption>
> <tr>
> <th scope="col">Condition</th>
> <th scope="col">Common Name</th>
> <th scope="col"><em>Scientific Name</em></th>
> <th scope="col">Habitat</th>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <th scope="row">flower bud</th>
> <td>myrtle, Oregon</td>
> <td><em>Umbellularia californica</em></td>
> <td>riparian</td>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <th rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup">early bloom</th>
> <td>hazelnut, California</td>
> <td><em>Corylus cornus var. californica</em></td>
> <td>woods</td>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <td>saxifrage, Howell's</td>
> <td><em>Saxifraga howellii</em></td>
> <td>rock bluffs</td>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <td>snow queen</td>
> <td><em>Synthyris reniformis</em></td>
> <td>forest</td>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">full bloom</th>
> <td>alder, white</td>
> <td><em>Alnus rhombifolia</em></td>
> <td>riparian</td>
> </tr>
> 
> <tr>
> <td>bearbrush</td>
> <td><em>Garrya fremontii</em></td>
> <td>openings</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> 
> 
> On 2/26/02 1:02 PM,  Rick Nelson/R6/USDAFS
> (rhnelson(at)fs.fed.us) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I didn't use the <.caption> ..... </.caption> tag
> because the caption for
> > this table is a header (The page is at
> >
>
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/nat_res/plants/nump_wflower.html).
> I doubt
> > if I could use <.caption>.. <.caption> inside a
> <.table> .... <./table> .
> > 
> > Is there any advantage to using a  caption?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rick Nelson
> > Umpqua National Forest
> > 
> > 
> > Continual vigilance is the price of accuracy.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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