Posted by Andy Dingley on 06/01/06 09:07

dorayme wrote:

> > Joe wrote:

> > > ..." if you can put meaningful headings on it, it's a table."
> > >
> > > As a working definition, it'll do me.

> Joe, you can put meaningful heading on simple table layouts, left
> navigation and right content. That does not make it a real table
> as is commonly meant in alt.html. So as a definition, it would
> need to be sharpened up.

How about this
"If you can meaningful headings on your table, it ought to be a table."

Of course you can caption things that aren't tables, but then they're
_obviously_ not even trying to be tables, so there's no confusion. The
test is intended to filter out those "layout tables" where they're
constructed as a <table>, but ought not to be.


(I agree with Joe's rule of thumb BTW and have suggested it myself
before)

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