Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
> 26 Identifying HTML table structure for WAI > 26.1 Identifying table rows and columns > 26.1.2 Comparing scope and id/headers accessibility methods
The scope
method works
well for simple tables. Mif2Go places a single attribute in each column-header
or row-header cell, to apply that header to the rest of the cells in
the same column or row.
The id
/headers
method is better for complex tables. Mif2Go names each header cell (gives it an id=
name
attribute) and also indicates that cell’s applicability by specifying
the headers=
name
attribute in every affected cell.
For some table structures it can also make sense
to mix methods, such as using the id
/headers
method for columns and the scope
method for
rows.