#### 34.4.1 Following WAI guidelines for tables

You can assign WAI attributes to tables, and within tables to rows, columns, and header cells. DITA2Go supports WAI guidelines for the following kinds of table markup:

- Providing summary information (WAI guidelines 5.1 and 5.2).
- Identifying row and column information (WAI guidelines 5.5 and 5.6).

DITA2Go provides settings for the following attributes:

abbr | Abbreviation for the contents of a cell.
axis | Conceptual category of cell content, provided for queries.
headers | References to header-cell IDs.
id | ID (name) of a header cell.
scope | Rows or columns covered by a header cell.
summary | Description of a table’s purpose and structure.
title | Brief description of table.

DITA2Go automatically generates markup for the following (non-WAI) attributes, based on row and column straddling in your tables:

colspan | Number of columns spanned (straddled) by a cell.
rowspan | Number of rows spanned (straddled) by a cell.

For information about WAI table guidelines, see:

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#data-tables

For information about using WAI table attributes, see:

http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/tables.html#h-11.4

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34.4.2 Choosing a WAI markup method for tables

34.4.3 Providing table summary and title information

34.4.4 Identifying table row and column information

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