- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:47:06 -0500 (EST)
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- cc: Katie Heritos-Shea <kshea@fedworld.gov>, WAI GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
How about using 'illustration' and 'decoration' as the two terms. It makes more sense to me that we describe a table as an illustration of a point (or a paragraph of text, for that matter) than describing an image as an exhibit. (except in courtroom drama <grin/>) chaals On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Al Gilman wrote: At 11:45 PM 2001-01-03 -0800, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >At 04:56 AM 1/3/2001 , Marti wrote: >>Regarding the use of graphics, I would like to see some changes in the >>terminology used. Graphics is too generic a term and I doubt that Anne >>really wants two different sizes of all the 'decorative' stuff. How about >>we call the images used to augment text "illustrations" to distinguish their >>purpose? > >This is a good idea, as it clearly identifies a _function_ >rather than a specific set of _formats_. > AG:: Please book the term 'exhibit' into the lingo. This is borrowed from a common term referring to both figures and tables, but as intended it includes set-off equations as well. Just the other day I discovered that we shouldconsider logos to be in this class. This serves as a superclass for illustrations and other items that enter into the formatting logic in a similar way. Al >--Kynn > >-- >Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> <http://kynn.com/>http://kynn.com/ >Sr. Engineering Project Leader, Reef-Edapta <http://www.reef.com/>http://www.reef.com/ >Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet <http://www.idyllmtn.com/>http://www.idyllmtn.com/ >Contributor, Special Edition Using XHTML <http://kynn.com/+seuxhtml>http://kynn.com/+seuxhtml >Unofficial Section 508 Checklist <http://kynn.com/+section508>http://kynn.com/+section508 > -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia until 6 January 2001 at: W3C INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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