A.2 Table markers

Table A-1 lists the special marker types you can use to apply WAI attributes to tables. The T column in contains an example of each table marker. The “Table A-2” columns show where in Table A-2 you can find another example of the same marker, located in a cell appropriate for the marker purpose.

Table A-1 Special marker types for WAI table attributes

T	marker type	Purpose	HTML attribute	Valid content	Table A-2
					Col	Row
* See §26.2.1 Specifying group properties for header cells for more information.
_	CellAbbr	Abbreviation for header-cell text	abbr	Any text	2	6
_	CellAxis	Cell’s data category	axis	Any text	5	3
_	CellGroup	Header cell’s ColGroup or RowGroup property *	id/headers or scope	col row	4,7 1	1 4,7,11
_	CellScope	Header cell’s scope	scope	col colgroup row rowgroup	1 4,7 3 1	3 1 4 4,7,11
_	CellSpan	Assign id="span" to a header cell	id/headers	Non-empty	5,8 3	1 4,10
_	TableSummary	Text describing the table	summary	Any text	Upper left corner
_	TableTitle	Text shown as a mouseover	title	Any text	Upper left corner

For more information about table marker types, see:

§25.4.3.3 Using a custom marker for table summary or title

§26.2.4 Assigning table-cell attribute values with custom markers

Each of the paragraph formats used in Table A-2 has a name that represents the role it plays in the table: Body Cell, Col Group, Col Head, Row Group, Row Head, and Table Footer. Columns are numbered in row 3; rows are numbered in column 3. The content of other column and row header cells indicates the kind of WAI markup provided by the markers they contain. The Col Group and Row Group header cells each contain two markers: a CellScope marker at the beginning of the text, and a CellGroup marker at the end. Body cells are all numbered by column and row. This paragraph ends with the table anchor for Table A-2:   

Table A-2 Examples of WAI table markers

This corner cell contains a TableSummary marker here, and TableTitle marker here.			Col Group 1			Col Group 2
				Col Span 1			Col Span 2
Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5 with Axis	Col 6	Col 7	Col 8	Col 9
Footer			FC4	FC5	FC6	FC7	FC8	FC9
Row Group 1	Row Span 3	Row 4	C4R4	C5R4	C6R4	C7R4	C8R4	C9R4
		Row 5	C4R5	C5R5	C6R5	C7R5	C8R5	C9R5
	Row Head 6 with Abbr	Row 6	C4R6	C5R6	C6R6	C7R6	C8R6	C9R6
Row Group 2	Row Head 7	Row 7	C4R7	C5R7	C6R7	C7R7	C8R7	C9R7
	Row Head 8	Row 8	C4R8	C5R8	C6R8	C7R8	C8R8	C9R8
	Row Span 4	Row 9	C4R9	C5R9	C6R9	C7R9	C8R9	C9R9
		Row 10	C4R10	C5R10	C6R10	C7R10	C8R10	C9R10
Row Group 3	Row Head 11	Row 11	C4R11	C5R11	C6R11	C7R11	C8R11	C9R11
	Row Head 12	Row 12	C4R12	C5R12	C6R12	C7R12	C8R12	C9R12
	Row Head 13	Row 13	C4R13	C5R13	C6R13	C7R13	C8R13	C9R13

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