34.4.1 Following WAI guidelines
for tables
You can assign WAI attributes to tables, and within
tables to rows, columns, and header cells. DITA2Go supports WAI
guidelines for the following kinds of table markup:
- Providing summary information
(WAI guidelines 5.1 and 5.2).
- Identifying row and column information
(WAI guidelines 5.5 and 5.6).
DITA2Go provides settings for the following
attributes:
abbr
|
Abbreviation for the contents of a cell.
|
axis
|
Conceptual category of cell content, provided for
queries.
|
headers
|
References to header-cell IDs.
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id
|
ID (name) of a header cell.
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scope
|
Rows or columns covered by a header cell.
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summary
|
Description of a table’s purpose and structure.
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title
|
Brief description of table.
|
DITA2Go automatically generates markup for
the following (non-WAI) attributes, based on row and column straddling
in your tables:
colspan
|
Number of columns spanned (straddled) by a cell.
|
rowspan
|
Number of rows spanned (straddled) by a cell.
|
For information about WAI table guidelines, see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#data-tables
For information about using WAI table attributes,
see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/tables.html#h-11.4
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a WAI markup method for tables
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Sibling Topics:
34.4.2 Choosing
a WAI markup method for tables
34.4.3 Providing table summary and title information
34.4.4 Identifying
table row and column information