- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:08:52 +1100
- To: "David MacDonald" <befree@magma.ca>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
David MacDonald writes: > A big question to resolve at CSUN could be: > > > > if UAAG is to be the baseline, are we just putting a big "until user > agents" clause around the whole document. No, we aren't. This proposal is the exact opposite: we would be ensuring that all of the information which would otherwise appear in "until user agents" exceptions is moved outside of the guidelines proper. The guidelines themselves would specify the conditions to be met by Web content, under the assumption that user agents conform to a specified level of UAAG; the "bridging" or "repair" strategies, not included in the guidelines themselves, would then compensate for the shortfalls of user agents in practice. These could be updated as required, and could be included in the techniques. All aspects of this proposal are controversial. My own view is that to obtain a stable, lasting specification, we will somehow have to separate those aspects which are subject to change as user agents develop, from those requirements which we expect to last for the lifetime of the document.
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