Re: Comments on Aug 18 working draft, AU guidelines

>  >JB  
>  >  2.3. "Ensure that document markup language used enables..." I think
this is
>  >  "generated" not "used."
>  >CMN
>  >The emphasis is on the language in which the markup is generated. Suggest
>  >"Use document markup languages that enable accessibility"
>  
>  JB I don't understand; the authoring tool might "use" any one of a number
>  of languages in its programming, but what matters for the AU Guidelines is
>  what markup language the authoring tool _generates_. E.g, "Generate
>  document markup languages that enable accessibility" would work fine from
>  my perspective. Perhaps I am missing something here.
>
>CMN2 The idea is that there are languages which enable accessibility, and
>languages which do not. A tool might be a very good tool for people with
>disabilities, but producing markup in a language which precludes
>accessibility (for example by not allowing for alternative content). I guess
>we need to clarify this in the checkpoint.

JB2 Right. I believe if you use the word "produce" or "generate" it is
sufficiently clear.

>  >JB  
>  >  4.2 "...for an object whose function is known with certainity" --
what does
>  >  that mean?
>  >CMN That it is known for certain what the function of an object is.  
>  
>  JB OK... and unfamiliar readers of this document will definitely get
>  meaning from this? Perhaps it would help to explain this phrase a little in
>  the text.
>
>CMN2 Obviously. How about something like "For example, in an automatically
>generated navigation bar, it is clear that "search" is appropriate for a
>buttn linked to a search function"

JB2 That example is clarifying. I realize that other checkpoints do not
have accompanying examples, and so to use one here would change that
pattern; however I find almost all the other checkpoints to be adequately
self-explanatory, but do not find the following phrase self-explanatory
"except in cases where human-authored text has been written for an object
whose function is known with certainty." 

You could integrate the example above into the phrase without having to
throw in a whole extra sentence for the example: 
"...except in cases where human-authored text (for instance, "search") has
been prepared for an object whose function is known with certainity (for
instance, a button linked to a search function)." 

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Judy Brewer    jbrewer@w3.org    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) International Program Office
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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