- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:47:47 -0600
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: public-html-a11y@w3.org, public-html@w3.org
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote: > aloha! > > the term "hidden meta-data" is pejorative, and not an accurate descripton > of attributes such as @summary -- rather than use the term "hidden > meta-data" i propose a terminology switch to "discoverable meta-data", > which means it doesn't matter if it is displayed visually or not, but > in a manner in which the user can readily access it in accordance with > that user's individual preferences I think it's an accurate term, and any pejorativeness originating from the term is due to the fact that it really is hidden for the majority of users, *specifically* the author themself, which is precisely why hidden metadata has the problems that it does. ~TJ
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