- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:02:44 +0000 (UTC)
- To: John Foliot <foliot@wats.ca>
- Cc: 'HTML WG' <public-html@w3.org>
Trimmed cc list. Feel free to re-add the other lists if you think they are interested. On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, John Foliot wrote: > > I myself cannot accept a technical standard that bases a key > accessibility question upon a subjective determination by an unknown > third-party entity regarding conformance. Then you presumably have much bigger concerns with HTML5 than just one related to alternative text. The following aspects of HTML5 today are conformance requirements I can think of off the top of my head that rely on subjective determinations: * Using <h1> to identify a header rather that big text. * Using <cite> for works, not quotations. * Using <em> for emphasis, not italics. * Using <ins> to indicate inserted text, not underlines. * Using tables for tabular data, not layout. * Providing correct header/cell associations with header="" and scope="". * Including appropriate alternative text in alt="". * Associating the right form control with <label for="">. All of these are subjective conformance criteria that are key accessibility questions. All of these also apply to HTML4 documents. I see no way to make these anything but subjective. How do you suggest we address these problems? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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