[Bug 8522] New: Authoring Tool editing mechanisms

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8522

           Summary: Authoring Tool editing mechanisms
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: a11y
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: jeanne@w3.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, public-
                    html-a11y@w3.org


HTML5 says (in the section "Authoring tools and markup generators"):
"Authoring tools are expected to come in two broad varieties: tools that
work from structure or semantic data, and tools that work on a
What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get media-specific editing basis (WYSIWYG). The
former is the preferred mechanism for tools that author HTML, since
the structure in the source information can be used to make informed
choices regarding which HTML elements and attributes are most appropriate."

AUWG Comment:
It seems subjective to prefer an editing mechanism. Perhaps this should
be clearly marked as "informative".


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Received on Friday, 18 December 2009 16:46:26 UTC