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== Open question on missing cells ==

In several tables cells are not created when they should be blank. Example: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dwain_Chambers&oldid=383112406#Competition_record Dwain Chambers]. Is it an accessibility issue? Does it makes the table confusionconfusing for screen reader users? Regards, [[User:Dodoïste|Dodoïste]] ([[User talk:Dodoïste|talk]]) 20:18, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

:It's actually a UAAG issue. See [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.4.3 Calculating the number of columns in a table]:

:* "... if the TABLE element contains no COLGROUP or COL elements, user agents should base the number of columns on what is required by the rows. The number of columns is equal to the number of columns required by the row with the most columns, including cells that span multiple columns. For any row that has fewer than this number of columns, the end of that row should be padded with empty cells."