Re: Draft #2 Msg to WHAT

+1 -- ok with me!

Thanks, Janina
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:16 PM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
> Below the changes we discussed during our teleconference today. If I've
> missed any, please advise by COB Tuesday!
>
> <begin github issue>
>
> Colleagues:
>
> The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group of the W3C
> hereby formally requests "adapt-" be designated a reserved prefix in
> HTML 5. This request follows our in-person discussions during the W3C
> TPAC recently concluded in Vancouver and logged here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/2022/09/13-apa-minutes.html#t03
>
> In response to our TPAC conversation, the following W3C issue indicates
> WHAT's research has indicated the "adapt-" prefix should be web
> compatible:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/adapt/issues/222
>
> NOTES:
>
> 1.)     As recommended during our TPAC conversation, the W3C WAI-Adapt
> Symbols Module forthcoming Candidate Recommendation draft
> will utilize "adapt-". The current draft can be viewed here:
>
> https://w3c.github.io/adapt/symbols/
>
> 2.)     The above specification relies normatively on a forthcoming W3C
> Registry specification which will publish shortly as a W3C First Public
> Working Draft (FPWD). The registry specification provides a mapping
> between thousands of concepts expressed in common written language using
> an industry-accepted index value to identify the user's understood AAC
> symbol, as there are multiple, non mutually comprehendable symbol sets
> in use.
>
> https://w3c.github.io/adapt-registry/
>
> For the very first time in web technology,  these two specifications
> will together provide content creators a single,
> internationally-supported  numeric attribute value which user agents can
> then use to provide an individual user their preferred AAC symbolic
> representation of that concept.
>
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
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>
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>
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>
>
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