I'd say the problem is in restrictions of IAccessibleTable as it describes
the continuous model only, while ARIA allows to have "gaps" in tables. So
if a table has a gap and spanning right before the gap then we should use a
mechanism other than IAccessibleTable. Jamie suggested to use object
attributes which sounds reasonable.
Alex.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I am continuing the discussion on the list. It sounds like we have two
> models - contiguous rows/columns vs. author specified.
>
> Should we say that if the author is going to provide row and column spans
> that user agents NOT compute the indices? IOW, It must all be left up to
> the author.
>
> It sounds like the issue is that we are fighting with trying to compute
> the results vs. what the author is putting in.
>
> Rich
>
>
> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> ----- Forwarded by Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM on 07/28/2015 09:31 AM
>  -----
>
> From: Alexander Surkov <[email protected]>
> To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
> Cc: Brett Lewis <[email protected]>, David Bolter <
> [email protected]>, Frank DiPalermo/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS
> Date: 07/28/2015 09:19 AM
> Subject: Re: ARIA 1.1 feature status
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi, Rich. Here's Jamie's example [1] where putting ARIA span into
> IAccessibleTable interface may be not trivial. I suggest to move discussion
> to IA2 channel if possible.
>
> [1]
> *http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/accessibility-ia2/2015-June/001913.html*
> <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/accessibility-ia2/2015-June/001913.html>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <
> *[email protected]* <[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>    That does not make sense. It is essentially the same attribute.
>
>
>    Rich Schwerdtfeger
>
>    [image: Inactive hide details for Alexander Surkov ---07/27/2015
>    08:16:15 PM---They are exposed via IAccessibleTable interface which 
> se]Alexander
>    Surkov ---07/27/2015 08:16:15 PM---They are exposed via IAccessibleTable
>    interface which seems to be inapplicable for ARIA spanning.
>
>    From: Alexander Surkov <*[email protected]*
>    <[email protected]>>
>    To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
>    Cc: Brett Lewis <*[email protected]*
>    <[email protected]>>, David Bolter <*[email protected]*
>    <[email protected]>>, Frank DiPalermo/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS
>    Date: 07/27/2015 08:16 PM
>
>
>    Subject: Re: ARIA 1.1 feature status
>    ------------------------------
>
>
>
>    They are exposed via IAccessibleTable interface which seems to be
>    inapplicable for ARIA spanning.
>
>    On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <
>    *[email protected]* <[email protected]>> wrote:
>       How do you expose rowspan and colspan for HTML tables?
>
>
>       Rich Schwerdtfeger
>
>       [image: Inactive hide details for Alexander Surkov ---07/27/2015
>       04:06:58 PM---Hi, Brett. All but colspan/rowspan are implemented by 
> Ni]Alexander
>       Surkov ---07/27/2015 04:06:58 PM---Hi, Brett. All but colspan/rowspan 
> are
>       implemented by Nightly. arai-colcount/rowcount/colindex/rowin
>
>       From: Alexander Surkov <*[email protected]*
>       <[email protected]>>
>       To: Brett Lewis <*[email protected]*
>       <[email protected]>>
>       Cc: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, Frank
>       DiPalermo/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS, David Bolter <
>       *[email protected]* <[email protected]>>
>       Date: 07/27/2015 04:06 PM
>       Subject: Re: ARIA 1.1 feature status
>       ------------------------------
>
>
>
>       Hi, Brett. All but colspan/rowspan are implemented by Nightly.
>       arai-colcount/rowcount/colindex/rowindex are exposed as GroupPosition on
>       cells and rows. There's no understanding yet on how to expose
>       aria-colspan/rowspan [1].
>
>       [1]
>       
> *http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/accessibility-ia2/2015-June/001913.html*
>       
> <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/accessibility-ia2/2015-June/001913.html>
>
>       On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Brett Lewis <
>       *[email protected]* <[email protected]>>
>       wrote:
>          Hi Alex,
>          I am starting work on JAWS support for the new ARIA 1.1 features.
>          I wanted to see where you are w/r/t Firefox support for these.
>          I was thinking of starting with the table related roles, does
>          Firefox support these?
>          How about:
>          aria-colcount
>          aria-rowcount
>          aria-colindex
>          aria-rowindex
>          aria-colspan
>          aria-rowspan
>
>          Do you have a general time line for all the ARIA 1.1 features?
>          (even just an ordering of which features will be implemented first)?
>          Do you have a bug record for these?
>          Thanks for any info you might have.
>          Brett
>
>
>          Brett Lewis
>          Software Developer
>          Freedom Scientific, Inc
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>
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