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Subject:
Footnotes embedded in HTML data tables
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Alan Cantor <[log in to unmask]>
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* EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:51:33 -0500
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One of our web developer approached me with an interesting question. He is remediating a web site that has financial tables. In one table, certain header and data cells contain footnotes. 

What is the preferred approach to ensure that the footnotes are screen reader accessible? We have two ideas:

Approach 1: Use inline links, i.e., 

<a href="#footnote1" title="Footnote 1"><sup>*</sup></a>

Approach 2: Make the footnote an abbr so that it is read inline, i.e., 

<td abbr="Footnote 1: *></td>

Alan

Alan Cantor
Project Manager
Strategic e-Government Implementation
e-Government, OCCS
416-212-1152
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