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[e] (0) Explain why summary= is discouraged now.
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described in the <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> section should be used
instead.</p>

<p class=note>Use of the <code title=attr-table-summary><a href=#attr-table-summary>summary</a></code> attribute is discouraged
because in practice it is poorly understood. Because the attribute
is not exposed in visual user agents, authors who have included it
have typically not been able to test it, and have therefore set the
attribute to values that are of no use to users of accessibility
tools. This has lead to accessibility tools introducing heuristics
to try to avoid exposing such usage of the attribute to users. Even
the few authors who have made the best use of the attribute have
often misused it, for example by including text that would in fact
be useful for all users, or that is redundant with other information
on the page separate from the table.</p>

<p class=XXX>It has been suggested that the summary="" attribute
should not be obsolete, and the working group may vote on the matter
at some future point.</p>
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described in the <code>table</code> section should be used
instead.</p>

<p class="note">Use of the <code
title="attr-table-summary">summary</code> attribute is discouraged
because in practice it is poorly understood. Because the attribute
is not exposed in visual user agents, authors who have included it
have typically not been able to test it, and have therefore set the
attribute to values that are of no use to users of accessibility
tools. This has lead to accessibility tools introducing heuristics
to try to avoid exposing such usage of the attribute to users. Even
the few authors who have made the best use of the attribute have
often misused it, for example by including text that would in fact
be useful for all users, or that is redundant with other information
on the page separate from the table.</p>

<p class="XXX">It has been suggested that the summary="" attribute
should not be obsolete, and the working group may vote on the matter
at some future point.</p>
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