Directing issue 240 towards resolution

Hi all,

As we discussed on our last call, I have written a proposed comment to add
to issue 240, to tease out: acceptance (or otherwise) of using Unicode in
the attribute value; and to raise awareness of authoring concerns, and what
we're doing about those. I've included the proposed message directly below.

Four things we need to address - the first two of which depends specifically
on Russell's expertise...

0. I've really tried to use correct/clear terminology, but it definitely
needs review!

1. Finding examples that suitably demonstrate the different mark-up outcomes
(i.e. single vs multiple glyphs needing to be composed, in some cases) - and
whether/how we can accurately include those in the example. Whilst I wrote
"multiple glyphs" below, I suppose they'd actually combine (as intended) and
just look like one glyph in the end. Thus, maybe we will have to put HTML
comments in the mark-up examples, to say something like "this apparently
single glyph in the attribute value was composed of the following Unicode
code points" - with apologies for any incorrect terminology.

2. I _know_ we've discussed this before, but we're approaching last call on
this: do we want `adapt-symbol`, or `adapt-concept`? We should check our
last discussion of it, to ensure we still feel the same. I can see good
arguments for both, which we probably went over last time :-).

3. I could do with slightly more time to fix bugs in the authoring tool, but
we should get this out when we can (i.e. I'll be quick, or I'll apologise
for any remaining issues with it :-)).

Here is my proposed comment (in Markdown)...

---

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your interest, suggestions, and discussion so far. It looks like
there is general acceptance that it could be possible to use Unicode glyphs
to refer to concepts (i.e. as the `adapt-symbol` attribute's value), where
we currently have Bliss Concept IDs (integers). Let's look at how both of
these would be authored.

Here are a couple of examples, of the same content, marked up with Bliss
Concept IDs (integers) and with the corresponding Unicode glyphs. It's
important to note that the set of Bliss glyphs that were added to Unicode is
a subset of the Bliss symbol set as a whole-thus, some concepts require two
Unicode glyphs (which add up to one Bliss symbol)

**Example 1 (something that requires only one glyph)**

```html
<p>Here is some text about a <span adapt-symbol="FIXME (integer)">cup of
tea</span>.</p>

<p>Here is some text about a <span adapt-symbol="FIXME (glyph)">cup of
tea</span>.</p>
```

**Example 2 (something that requires multiple glyphs)**

 ```html
<p>Here is some text about a <span adapt-symbol="FIXME (integer)">elliptic
curve cryptography</span>.</p>

<p>Here is some text about a <span adapt-symbol="FIXME (multiple
glyphs)">elliptic curve cryptography</span>.</p>
```

Note that, because with the Unicode variant, multiple glyphs may be needed
to mark up a single concept.

In order to assist content authors, we have two things to add:

* We have a [W3C Registry spec that enumerates all known concepts, and their
corresponding Bliss Concept IDs](https://www.w3.org/TR/aac-registry/)-this
can be updated to include the Unicode glyph(s) that also identify the
concept (by way of forming the Bliss symbol for it).

* I made a (still slightly buggy!) [prototype authoring
tool](https://matatk.agrip.org.uk/adaptable-content-authoring-tool/editor/)
that naively demonstrates how the authoring process might work (it only
supports Bliss symbols for rendering).

We're very interested as to your views on this, both implementation
concerns, and any thoughts you may have on the authoring side of things.

---

Let's talk about it on the call later?

Best regards,


Matthew Atkinson
Head of Web Standards
Samsung R&D Institute UK
Samsung Electronics
+44 7733 238 020

Samsung R&D Institute (SRUK), Communications House, South Street,
Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, TW18 4QE. A division of Samsung Electronics
(UK) Limited, a limited company registered in England and Wales with
registered number 03086621 and whose registered address is Samsung House,
2000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0RS, UK. This email (including
any attachments) is private and confidential, and may be privileged. It is
for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received
this email in error, please inform the sender immediately and then delete
this email. Unless you have been given specific permission to do so, please
do not distribute or copy this email or its contents. Unless the text of
this email specifically states that it is a contractual offer or acceptance,
the sender does not intend to create a legal relationship and this email
shall not constitute an offer or acceptance which could give rise to a
contract. Any views expressed in this communication are those of the
individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be
the views of Samsung.

Received on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 11:28:49 UTC