Re: access to "background sound" objects (issue 297)

Responses in JRG:
At 09:42 AM 7/25/2000 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>Jon Gunderson wrote:
> >
> > Just so I have this straight.
> > 1. Is the discussion trying to determine if proprietary elements like
> > <BGSOUND> is considered decorative or style rather than content?
>
>Any element, attribute, or style property (not just proprietary).
>I think that there is some agreement that while we can identify
>some content as being marked up for decoration, that content may
>not be used just for decoration (and that's something that today,
>machines can't recognize).

JRG: Is there consensus with the people who have been discussing this issue 
on the list that markup for background sounds is considered decorative?

Jon


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Received on Tuesday, 25 July 2000 11:51:24 UTC