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Better sample page for LIFT: tables for data (2).

Using tables to present data

This much simpler version of a table of data has also been tidied up:

Firstly, the table headers must be identified as such (using <th> tags rather than <td> tags. Then either:

• give each header an identity (using the id attibute of the <th> tag) and associate each cell with a particular header id (using the headers attribute of the <td> tag), or;
• identify the scope of each header cell (using the scope attribute of the <th> tag) - in this case the scope of each header is the column that it heads.

In this amended version we used the second method. The table also has a caption (using the <caption> tag).

Unfortunately, when you run LIFT again, you will still receive errors. This is true whichever method you use. We believe that this is because LIFT is assuming that your table should have row headers as well as column headers (the error disappears if we identify the first column as containing row headers). In this case, you will have to use your discretion to evaluate whether your table needs further amendments or not. We don't believe this one needs changing.

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