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5.1 Does each complex data table have a summary?

WCAG references
  • 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)
Techniques
  • H73

Official methodology to test criterion 5.1

Test 1 (5.1.1)

  1. Find in the document the complex data tables (data table - <table> element or element with a WAI-ARIA role="table" attribute - containing headers which are not distributed only on the first row and/or the first column of the grid or whose scope is not valid for the whole column or row).
  2. For each complex data table, check that there is a passage of text explaining the nature and structure of the table:
    • either in the <caption> element;
    • or in a passage of text linked to the table with the aria-describedby attribute.
  3. If this is the case for each complex data table, the test is validated.