Re: proposed change of language for common words

Along the lines Gregg brought up, though I don't have list to check, I
suspect that using only the common 3000 words will probably exclude
essentially any technical language and many typical and commonly known
words used in every software application.


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From: Gregg C Vanderheiden <greggvan@umd.edu>
To: "lisa.seeman" <lisa.seeman@zoho.com>
Cc: public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Date: 05/04/2017 01:25 PM
Subject: Re: proposed change of language for common words



I did word frequency studies in my previous life

Before we decide to adopt any core vocabularies (except at level AAA)  we
should first convert all of our work into the core vocabulary we are
thinking of requiring others to use.    I think you will be quite
surprised.

Just to get started — here is a list of most common 3000 words.
http://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-vocabulary/top-3000-words/

   (by the way — we would need to rename our guidelines because   Web   and
accessibility   (though access is)   are not in the 3000 most commonly used
words.  Also missing   caption ,   programmatic,   mobile,  and more.



g

Gregg C Vanderheiden
greggvan@umd.edu




      On May 4, 2017, at 1:32 PM, lisa.seeman <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote:

      Use words or phrases  from a public core vocabulary; or  the most
      common 1500 words or phrases  (including word roots),  phrases or
      abbreviations that are the most-common form to refer to the concept
      in a public word frequency list for the identified context.

      We need a definition for core vocabulary
      .


      https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/Top3_18Apr2017/results#xq10


      All the best

      Lisa Seeman

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