[thelist] Accessibility and Proper Tabular Data Markup or Overkill?

[Jono]

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>