- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:59:46 -0600
- To: geoff freed <geoff_freed@wgbh.org>, <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>, <jacobs@w3.org>
>1. Guideline 2.7: >"Allow configuration to generate repair text when the user agent >recognizes that the author has failed > to provide conditional content that was required by the format > specification. If the missing conditional > content is included by URI reference, base the repair text on the URI > reference and content type. > Otherwise, base the repair text on element type information. [Priority 2]" > >GF: >Even after reading the associated techniques document, I'm still not clear >on how authors are going to > handle this guideline. The inclusion of more examples-- perhaps some > sample code, as is done in > WCAG 1.0 techniques-- would be helpful. In general, are you talking > about incorporating and/or > implementing an SSB (www.ssbtechnologies.com) or next-generation Bobby > type of thing? If so, it > sounds like a giant request to make of UA manufacturers. JRG: User agent just needs to provide some information on the element with the missing information. It is only repair in the sense that the user agent, based on available information, provides some information on the element to the user. For example an image that is missing alt text, the user agent may provide the type of image format and the URL to the image file. The user agent is not trying to fix the authors problem. Does this make it clearer. Was it the word repair that was misleading? Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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