Hi Denis,
Many thanks for the info. The cells in the table do not span so, if I
understand you correctly, I need not do any thing more?
Pranav
At 07:49 AM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Pranav,
>
>You have some very good questions:
>
>In terms of using the table tags such as <th>...</th>, that is
>sufficient if it is clear from the tags at the end of each row and
>column what the meaning of the content of a cell is. You may, at
>times, have more than one row of header, or a single cell that spans
>several columns or rows of data. In these cases, there is cell level
>mark-up that indicates which header cells relate to an individual cell.
>
>The use of style sheets rather than tables applies only to using tables
>for page layout - the positioning of information on the page. CSS
>positioning does the same thing, and can result in a readable page if
>the layout is linearlized. But for tabular data, tables are perfectly
>OK. However, you might consider using CSS if you are formatting the
>content of the cells rather than <font> </font> or other such tags.
>
>
>Pranav Lal wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I am using a Java server page to generate a large table. The table has
>>about 8 columns and could have several rows. I am using table tags as
>well
>>as the <th>, </th> tags to indicate header rows and the <td> and </td>
>tags
>>to indicate table cells and data in those cells. I can read the table ok
>>using JFW but I need to know if there is any thing else that I need to
>do
>>to make this table accessible.
>>
>>One thing that has me confused is the use of style sheets. I read the
>web
>>accessibility guidelines and they seemed to imply that one should use
>style
>>sheets to create tables? Does this man that it is better not to use the
>>table tags and to use style sheets instead? Or, they are talking only
>about
>>layout?
>>
>>Also, there is mention of abbreviating column headings by using
>>abbreviation tags in the column headers. How necessary is this? I ask
>since
>>there is no need for my column headings to be abbreviated. The column
>>headings are like Gross Revenue, Other Charges etc.
>>
>>Pranav
>>
>
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