- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:02:57 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Based on the discussion, I've come up with the following proposed criteria: > > 1. Permits user agents to apply any repair technique Agreed. > 2. Does not list specific techniques. I think we do a disservice to users by not mentioning explicit techniques. > 3. Informatively references the techiques described in UAAG (either 1.0 > or the 2.0 draft) We already have a reference to UAAG in the "Recommended reading" section. I don't think we should have fine-grained cross-references throughout the spec, because that way lies a maintenance nightmare, and it's not actually that useful (UA implementors should read the whole UAAG). > 4. The text is located in a section dedicated to describing > implementation requirements and is clearly distinguished from > authoring requirements. Agreed. > 5. Does not imply the use of futuristic technologies. Image recogition is not a futuristic technology, and nor is OCR. > 6. Does not imply that any technique can reliably determine author > intent. Agreed. > 7. Indicates that it is about providing additional information about the > image, which may help the user to understand the image's content or > purpose. It's about aiding the user's comprehension of the page; if that can be done without the user ever being informed of the image, then I don't see why that should be non-conforming. So I disagree with this. > In my own view, the current text [...] partially fails #5 by mentioning > "heuristics" without clearly describing what would or would not be > classified as such How can one allow any repair technique while enumerating all the techniques? I don't think those two requirements are compatible. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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