Summary attribute

How do I put it in?

[Adam5000]

I've created a page with several tables in it and an example is below.

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<p>This is row 1 column 1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>This is row 1 column 2</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
<p>This is row 2 cloumn 1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>This is row 2 cloumn 2</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table

And I get a message that the table lacks a summary attribute. What's a summary attribute and how do I put it in?

Please support the page writingly challenged.

[tedster]

The best place to turn for technical information is the standards body for HTML, the W3C.

Each table may have an associated caption (see the CAPTION element) that provides a
short description of the table's purpose. A longer description may also be provided (via the
summary attribute) for the benefit of people using speech or Braille-based user agents.

[w3.org...]

[rocknbil]

<table summary="this is a layout table and has no significant data information">

The summary attribute is a bit of a paradox, last time I used it it was required for accessibility guidelines but kicked validation errors.