Re: Definition of "applicability"

Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> 
> At 06:24 PM 11/30/1999 , Ian Jacobs wrote:
> >Per my action assigned 30 November at the ATAG teleconf, here is
> >a definition of "applicability" that is short.
> >It differs from the UAGL definition (as of the last
> >call draft) in that it relies on common sense, not a series of
> >specific cases of non-applicability.
> 
> I was pondering this week whether we could identify "applicability
> groups" -- in the sense that the WCAG's checkpoints seem to be
> organized along a "And if you use <X>..." basis.  Perhaps this
> concept could be useful for Authoring Tools, e.g.:
> 
> And if your tool allows for WYSIWYG editing...
> And if your tool provides templates...
> 
> Would this even be possible?  It works for WCAG because you can
> divide HTML into distinct groupings of elements and attributes --
> frames, imagemaps, etc.  Can we define functionality categories
> for Authoring Tools in a parallel manner, or am I just nuts today?

Nuts.

It's really really hard to predefine categories. We've been
down that road for UAs and it was abandoned.

 - Ian


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Received on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 22:41:33 UTC