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*Priority: high (A accessibility level)

*Difficulty: easy (blend in nicely with editorial habits)

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; Caption ( <code>|+</code> ): A caption is a table's title, describing its nature.<ref group="WCAG-TECH">[http://www.w3.org/TR/REC2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-html40/struct20081211/H39 {{lang|en|Using caption elements to associate data table captions with data tables}}], A accessibility level.html#h-11.2.2</ref>

; Row & column headers (<code> ! scope="col" | and ! scope="row" | </code>): Like the caption, these help present the information in a logical structure to visitors. They can have the headers read first, and then navigate the related data.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#edef-TH Table cells: The TH and TD elements], W3C; [http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data Creating Accessible Tables, 2) Data Tables], [[WebAIM]] techniques; [http://www.isolani.co.uk/articles/structuredTables.html Creating structured tables], advanced tutorial; [http://www.ferg.org/section508/accessible_tables.html#contents_item_6.1 Techniques for Accessible HTML Tables], expert tutorial.</ref>

; Row & column headers (<code> ! scope="col" | and ! scope="row" | </code>): <ref group="WCAG-TECH">[http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/H63.html H63: Using the scope attribute to associate header cells and data cells in data tables]</ref>

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility/Manual of Style draft/Data tables tutorial]] provides details and the other requirements:

# Correct table captions

# Correct headers structure

# Images and color

# Avoiding nested tables

# Providing abbreviations for long headers

== Definition lists ==