Techniques for Accessible HTML Tables: Examples

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Stephen Ferg, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Revised: 2002-08-23
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Table 1: Ruritanian Ore Production
Ruritanian Dept. of the Interior
Table RMP12345
By Weight 1
By Value 2
Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted

2001

2002

2001

2002

2001

2002

2001

2002
                 
Iron Ore
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Refined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Unrefined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Less than 40% pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
40% or more pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
                 
Non-ferrous Metals
                 
Copper Ore
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Refined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Unrefined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Less than 40% pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
40% or more pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
                 
Tin Ore
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Refined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Unrefined
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
Less than 40% pure 3
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
4 999.99
999.99
Less than 20% pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
40% or more pure
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
999.99
                 
Footnotes
1.
In metric tonnnes.
2.
In Ruritanian thalers.
3.
Volcanic tin is not considered pure tin.
4.
Amounts for this year are projections based on partial data.
This table is completely fictitious, the data is non-existent, and the country of Ruritania is completely imaginary. It exists only in the dimension in which Meinong's golden mountain exists.

Note the "Less than 20% pure" stub heading. The heading above it is long enough to wrap around. Neverless, because we have made the hanging indent for wrapping text deeper than the indent for the next deepest level, there is little danger of confusing the wrapped text with the next level of indentation. The alignment of the data in the data cells with the last line of the stub heading re-inforces the separation of the two stub headings.