RE: [SEC508] Using table headers that do not appear on the page

["Jon Avila" <jon@bartsite.com>]

Chad, you could set up each image as a header separately and then assign
each image with an alt tag inside of a <th> tag.  If the entire header is
one image I think this may not meet 508 requirements.  The law states that
the page must be readable without style sheets, if the text size was
increased, the image header would not match up with the data in the table
and thus the page may not be readable in the manner that it was meant to be
read in.  I have seen people put table headers as "headers" in Ms Word
instead as the first row of a table.  This causes similar issues as the
issue you are mentioning.

Jon

Jon Avila
Access Technology Manager
Bartimaeus Group
phone 703-442-5023
fax 703-734-8381
www.bartsite.com

-----Original Message-----
From: sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu [mailto:sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu]On
Behalf Of Chad Foster
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 11:04 AM
To: sec508@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: [SEC508] Using table headers that do not appear on the page


Hello all,
        I have a question about data tables.  I am aware that we can
properly markup a table by using certain attributes (i.e. id, headers,
axis, scope, etc.), but what I need to do is use these attributes in
conjunction with a hidden piece of text.  That is, link each data cell
up with a table header that is for instance, an abbreviation tag (abbr),
with only a title attribute as text.  This will not have any text
displayed on the screen to the user, thus hiding the header from the
sighted, and present it to the users of AT.  The reason for this
approach is to avoid redesigning a page that contains the headers in a
background image as of now.  Any insight you can provide with this
matter would be greatly appreciated....

Regards,
Chad



Chad Foster
Access Technology Specialist
Programmer
Phone:  (703) 442-5023
Chad@Bartsite.com
Bartimaeus Group
www.Bartsite.com



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