[thelist] Accessibility and Proper Tabular Data Markup or Overkill?
Jono
ox4dboy at comcast.net
Fri Jan 21 12:36:51 CST 2005
Thanks for the <dl> explanation, I don't think I can go that route. I
have since read through a few great articles on the subject/topic, and
I am still not sure what is best? It seems that I may need to bring in
the axis attribute, but I'm not certain?
The tabular data that I need/have to reconstruct properly is at the
bottom this page:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/press/free_file_april04_3.htm
Being that it is a govt' site, it needs to be as 508 compliant as
possible. I could do this using 4 different tables, but that is not
really correct since all of the data is related. I think that the
examples here –
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#non-visual-rendering –
explain it best, but which example to use is the question. The Travel
Expense Report example under "11.4.2 Categorizing cells" seems most
appropriate. It is a lot to take in, that's for sure.
On Jan 21, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Christian Heilmann wrote:
>> Being that this information is so simple, and borderline tabular (
>> I'm not sure it is really ) I am wondering if I should use a styled
>> definition list instead?
>>
>> Like so:
>>
>> <dl>
>> <dt>Name:</dt>
>> <dd>Mr. So Andso</dd>
>>
>> <dt>Office:</dt>
>> <dd>Office name here</dd>
>>
>> <dt>Phone:</dt>
>> <dd>555.555.5785</dd>
>> </dl>
>
> IMHO not a good idea, as this is the other way around that it should be
>
> The title is defined by the definition not the definition by the title.
>
> <dl>
> <dt>Camel</dt>
> <dd>A camel is an animal that lives in the desert and is used as a
> mean of transportation. Its ability to store water for days makes it
> a perfect desert dweller</dd>
> </dl>
>
> Whereas "Office Name" does not define what an Office is.
>
> Another option would be <address>
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