Re: Examples of language changes in websites

I think we need to bring this back out to the question "in question," 
though - here, we have only solved one small problem.  Can we legislate 
this kind of change?  And, if yes, or if no, how do we answer Richard 
Ishida's question: what constitutes language change that MUST be marked 
up, and what constitutes language change that SHOULD be marked up, etc.

-kerstin

Craddock, Michael P wrote:

>We've run into terminology issues here at Boeing, not as a screen reader problem but as a usability issue, and have recently switched from "sitemap" (one word, which is common) to "text index" which we found more commonly used and descriptive. Maybe this small change could help? 
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>Thank you,
>michaelcraddock
>The Boeing Company
>multimediadesignengineer
>p 312.544.2931 | c 312.371.8134 | f 312.544.2082 | w www.boeing.com/
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>"doog si efil"-mirror me
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Yvette P. Hoitink [mailto:y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl] 
>Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:23 PM
>To: 'Doyle Burnett'; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
>Subject: RE: Examples of language changes in websites
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>In Dutch, the word 'sitemap' (one word) is used a lot. This is yet another
>example of the Dutch habit of glueing words together, which is gramatically
>correct in Dutch. This is so normal for me I didn't even recognize this as
>not being entirely English...
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>Dutchmen pronounce 'sitemap' with the English pronounciation. It is not
>(yet) in the Dutch standard wordlist. Just like the word 'cadeaushoppen',
>this is another example of a word whose language cannot be identified within
>the current HTML standards since it's neither Dutch nor English.
>
>Yvette Hoitink
>CEO Heritas, Enschede, The Netherlands
>E-mail: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org 
>>[mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Doyle Burnett
>>Sent: donderdag 4 december 2003 20:00 
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>>I believe the term is site map (two words) and yes, if 
>>written as a single word, sitemap - screen readers will not 
>>pronounce the word as would be desired.  
>>
>>Doyle
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>>On 12/4/03 8:17 AM, "Kynn Bartlett" <kynn@idyllmtn.com> wrote:
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>>>On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 04:44 AM, Ineke van der 
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>>Maat wrote:
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>>>>Sitemap is not an official word  in German or Dutch and can be 
>>>>pronounced by screenreaders in Dutch as sietemap (ie as ea in sea 
>>>>,just like bietensap or fietstas).
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>>>>
>>>English screenreaders sometimes have said "sigh tuh map", for this 
>>>word, rather than "site map".
>>>
>>>--Kynn
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