Re: Proposed Set of Needs/Preferences for v1

Thanks James, I didn't know this.
Is it www-archive@w3.org I mail html attachments to ?
Will that pick up style sheets within w3c (I started with an existing w3 
html and just changed the content).

andy
> It's somewhat difficult to discuss details of a zip file, so I've
> included the body of the attachment document as a starting point for
> more discussion. Normally what you should do is email an HTML attachment
> to www-archive, which would then give you a link to reference in
> discussion emails.
>
> On Feb 6, 2013, at 6:30 AM, Andy Heath <AndyHeath@axelrod.plus.com
> <mailto:AndyHeath@axelrod.plus.com>> wrote:
>
>> Attached are the proposed preferences for V1 as promised.  They are
>> distilled/smplified from the IMS AfA 3.0 preferences.  A very few
>> small ones added. Apologies for the slight lateness and for the zip
>> file but it was tricky to maintain the style sheets/macros used in
>> editing the document without doing that.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> andy
>
> Andy's attachment was:
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/host_languages>
>
>
>>>   1. Personal Needs and Preferences Properties
>>>
>>> User preferences are defined to support web authors in delivering a
>>> best-fit match from resources available to a person's needs expressed
>>> in terms of modalities the user can receive. Not all content can
>>> readily meet a user's needs in every context but where preferences
>>> are available a better match might be made than where they are not.
>>> Matching a user's explicitly-expressed needs might require changing
>>> configurations on a delivery device, reporting to a web app what
>>> those preferences are and adaptations the device has made  to them
>>> and the web app may itself change configuration and may fetch and
>>> deliver alternative content to meet the needs.
>>>
>>> In some cases a preference might be addressed directly and completely
>>> by a device. In some cases a device may partially address a
>>> preference and further support for that preference will need to be
>>> provided by a web app and in some cases the web app will address the
>>> preference.  This is likely to be different for each preference,
>>> device, environmental and other context.
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.1 Processing of Preferences
>>>
>>> In this section we present an example as an introduction, ahead of
>>> its full definition.
>>>
>>> This specification provides a number of Preference Property
>>> Definitions expressed in terms of sensory modalities and recognised
>>> adaptation types.  Each preference property instance consists of a
>>> (space-separated unordered) list of tokens taken from a strict
>>> vocabulary for that property.  For example the preference
>>>
>>>
>>>       |textualForAuditory|
>>>
>>> indicates a user wishes auditory resources to be replaced by or
>>> augmented by textual resources.  This may be done in different ways
>>> depending on the media context.  Its values are a list drawn from the
>>> vocabulary:
>>>
>>> (true false captions transcript transcript-simultaneous)
>>>
>>> Token Values
>>> 	Description
>>> true	A preference that audio modalities are replaced or augmented by
>>> textual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> captions	A preference that captions be delivered simultaneously with
>>> the audio
>>> transcript	A preference that video be replaced by a transcript.
>>> transcript-simultaneous	A preference that a transcript be delivered
>>> at the same time as audio or video
>>>
>>>
>>> If the property has a value of '(true)' this is to be interpreted as
>>> a general requirement and a textual form delivered that is
>>> appropriate for the media concerned drawn from other tokens in that
>>> vocabulary as appropriate to the media context.  A value of
>>> (captions)  or (true captions) is to be interpreted as that the user
>>> wishes for audio to be accompanied by captions. It implies that the
>>> property is true and an intelligent system might infer that if
>>> captions are not available but a transcript is then this might be
>>> useful to deliver instead even though the user has not requested it
>>> explicitly.  The token 'false' must occur alone so a list of tokens
>>> containing 'false" and any other value is undefined (this includes
>>> '(true false)'.  The application should provide the best match to the
>>> user's preferences.
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.2 Organisation of Preference Properties
>>>
>>> Properties are described in terms of the modalities to which they
>>> relate. There are two kinds:
>>>
>>>   * Properties that relate to delivery of a specific modality - for
>>>     example highContrast relates to a visual modality.
>>>   * Properties that relate a preferred modality to an existing one
>>>     and optionally give specific adaptation types that are preferred.
>>>
>>> An instance of a property consists of a (space separated, unordered)
>>> list of tokens drawn from a vocabulary for that property.
>>>
>>> Where a property preference is for one modality over another delivery
>>> may be augmenting the one modality with another or replacing it
>>> depending on the best match to the user's context, which may be
>>> determinable from other preference settings. For example a user may
>>> specify that they prefer auditory information be delivered in textual
>>> form with the setting
>>>
>>> textualForAuditory : true
>>> A textual alternative might be delivered to the user instead of the
>>> audio or displayed simultaneously with rendering the audio. Note that
>>> some users find considerable benefit from simultaneous rendering of
>>> resources in multiple modalities, particularly but not exclusively
>>> users with particular cognitive disabilities, non-native language
>>> speakers and language learners.  The choice of whether to render the
>>> text simultaneously with the audio might be made by matching also to
>>> a user's language preferences or by the context of the media
>>> possibilities.
>>>
>>> Each property instance has a value that consists of a list of tokens
>>> as specified in the definition of properties. Each token has an
>>> optional list of refinement parameters where such is meaningful.
>>>
>>>
>>>       1.2.1 Interpretation of values
>>>
>>> [Editors note: This needs a little careful work to tighten it - for
>>> example for some vocabulary (true false X Y) is the instance (true)
>>> equivalent to (X Y) ? ]
>>>
>>> Lists of values may not be logically inconsistent. In particular the
>>> following are prohibited and if they occur are undefined:
>>>
>>>   * Any list of values containing both true and false
>>>   * Any list of values containing false together with any other value
>>>     (i.e. false must occur alone)
>>>   * A list of values consisting of (true X) should be considered
>>>     equivalent to (X)
>>>
>>> Where a list of values contains true and any other values the other
>>> values should be considered as refining the value true (i.e.
>>> providing more detail of what is preferred). A system responding to
>>> the value for some property of
>>>
>>> (true)
>>> might make intelligent inferences about media that might be useable
>>> by that user in that context.  Where a vocabulary contains terms
>>> (true, false, X, Y) and an instance of a property is either (true, X)
>>> or just (X) a system would ideally deliver an X if it is available
>>> but if an X is not available then the system might infer that a Y
>>> would be useful and deliver that instead.
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.3 Preference Property Definitions
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.1 auditory|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for auditory resources
>>> Token Values
>>> 	Description
>>> true
>>> 	Prefer auditory resources
>>> false
>>> 	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>>
>>>       ||
>>>
>>>
>>> ||||Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.2 textual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for textual resources
>>> Token Values
>>> 	Description
>>> true
>>> 	Prefer textual resources
>>> false
>>> 	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.3 visual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for visual resources
>>> Token Values
>>> 	Description
>>> true
>>> 	Prefer visual resources
>>> false
>>> 	Default value - no preference
>>> highContrast	Where visual is the preferred modality the preference is
>>> for presentation of text and images of text that has a contrast ratio
>>> of at least 4.5:1, or, for larger text, a contrast ratio of at least
>>> 3:1 (WCAG2 Checkpoint 1.4.3):
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast.
>>> blackOnWhite	black text and borders on a white background
>>> whiteOnBlack	white text and borders on a black background
>>> inverseVideo	Text, image and video colors reversed
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.4 tactile|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for tactile resources
>>> Token Values
>>> 	Description
>>> true
>>> 	Prefer tactile resources
>>> false
>>> 	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>> ||
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.5 textualForAuditory|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that an auditory resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a textual one
>>>
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that audio modalities are replaced or augmented by
>>> textual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> captions	A preference that captions be delivered simultaneously with
>>> the audio
>>> transcript	A preference that video be replaced by a transcript.
>>> transcript-simultaneous	A preference that a transcript be delivered
>>> at the same time as audio or video
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.6 textualForVisual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a visual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a textual one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that visual modalities are replaced or augmented by
>>> textual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> alternativeText	A preference for alternative text instead of or
>>> together with a resource wth visual modality (typically an image)
>>> longDescription	A preference that a visual modality resource be
>>> replaced by or augmented by a longDesc.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.7 textualForTactile|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a tactile resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a textual one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that tactile modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by textual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.8 visualForAuditory|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that an auditory resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a visual one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that auditory modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by visual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> signLanguage	A preference that an auditory resource be replaced by or
>>> augmented by a sign language presentation, as defined above [TBD url
>>> to defin]
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.9 visualForTactile|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a tactile resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a visual one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that tactile modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by visual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.10 visualForTextual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a textual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a visual one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that textual modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by visual ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.11 auditoryForVisual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that an visual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by an auditory one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that visual modalities are replaced or augmented by
>>> auditory ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> audioDescription	A preference that a visual resource (typically the
>>> visual component of a video) be replaced by or augmented by an audio
>>> description. Note that in some countries this is referred to as
>>> 'videoDescription'.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.12 auditoryForTactile|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a tactile resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by an auditory one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that tactile modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by auditory ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.13 auditoryForTextual|
>>>
>>> # <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/states_and_properties#aria-checked>
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a textual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by an auditory one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that textual modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by auditory ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.14 tactileForAuditory|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that an auditory resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by an tactile one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that auditory modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by tactile ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.15 tactileForVisual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a visual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a tactile one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that visual modalities are replaced or augmented by
>>> tactile ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.16 tactileForTextual|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference that a textual resource or presentation be
>>> augmented by or replaced by a tactile one
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference that textual modalities are replaced or augmented
>>> by tactile ones
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.17 languageOfAdaptation|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for adaptations to be delivered in a
>>> particular language. Note that this may not be the same language in
>>> which the user operates the device.
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> Internal Language Code presented to user as string or selectable
>>> widget	TBD: get IETF reference
>>> undefined	Preference is for adaptations to be delivered in the
>>> default user language for that device
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>       |1.3.18 hazard|
>>>
>>> Indicates characteristics of resources that a user DOES NOT wish to
>>> receive because of potential hazards for that user. Note also that
>>> the meaning of a value of true without any other value is undefined
>>> for this property (i.e. it must have a refinement to be meaningful)
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>> flashing	A preference that a resource having a visual pattern that
>>> flashes more than three times in any one second not be delivered to
>>> the user. Note that this level of flashing can cause seizures in some
>>> users (WCAG2 Guideline 2.3.1 A):
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#seizure].
>>> flashingStrict	A preference that a resource having a visual pattern
>>> that flashes more than three times in any one second not be delivered
>>> to the user. Note that this level of flashing can cause seizures in
>>> some users (WCAG2 Guideline 2.3.1 AAA):
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#seizure
>>> motionSimulation	A preference that a resource simulating motion not
>>> be delivered to the user. Note that for some users such a resource
>>> may induce nausea
>>> sound	 Prefer that resources generating an audio pattern that can
>>> cause the user to have seizures [ISO 29138] not be delivered to the user.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.19 ATInteroperable|
>>>
>>> Indicates that where possible resources that are interoperable with
>>> AT should be selected. Note that the default for this preference
>>> unless otherwise defined is true.
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true (default)
>>> 	Resources that are interoperable with AT should be selected whenever
>>> possible. Interoperability is indicated by compliance with WCAG 2.0
>>> checkpoints: 1.1.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2.4.4, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.3.2, 4.1.1
>>> and 4.1.2.
>>> false	explicit preference excluding this requirement
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>>
>>>           |1.3.20 simplePresentation|
>>>
>>> Indicates a preference for very simple presentation of interface and
>>> content even if the device supports more complex presentation (for
>>> example if the device large or high-resolution screen)
>>>
>>> Token Values	Description
>>> true	A preference for presentation to be of a similar level of
>>> complexity to that commonly delivered to small screen devices using
>>> agile design - typically no more than six controls or regions of
>>> interest on a page.
>>> false	Default value - no preference
>>>
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>> Deliver the mobile device presentation of a web site to a desktop device
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.4 Terms Used in the Definition of the User Preference Properties
>>>
>>> The following terms are used in the definitions in this specification:
>>>
>>> |alternativeText|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Text that is programmatically associated with non-text content
>>>     and that serves the equivalent purpose (WCAG2).
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-altdef;
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-equiv.
>>>
>>> |audioDescription|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Narration that has been added to a soundtrack to describe
>>>     important visual details that cannot be understood from the main
>>>     soundtrack alone (WCAG2). Note that in some countries this is
>>>     referred to as 'videoDescription'
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#audiodescdef.
>>>
>>>     Might be further refined as enhanced.[to be done link to defn of
>>>     enhanced]
>>> |auditory| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Information is conveyed that requires the sense of hearing.
>>>     May be refined with the detail recorded or synthesised
>>> |blackOnWhite|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     black text and borders on a white background
>>> |captions| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Synchronized visual and/or text alternative for both speech and
>>>     non-speech audio information needed to understand the media
>>>     content (WCAG2):
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#captionsdef
>>>
>>>     Might be further refined as enhanced or realtime [TDB link to defns]
>>> |e-book| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Electronic book, a book published in electronic form:
>>>     http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e-book
>>>
>>> |flashing| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     A visual pattern that flashes more than three times in any one
>>>     second; this level of flashing can cause seizures in some users
>>>     (WCAG2 Guideline 2.3.1 A):
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#seizure
>>>
>>> |flashingStrict|
>>> <file:///Users/andy/Downloads/3indwork/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.htm>
>>>     A visual pattern that flashes more than three times in any one
>>>     second; this level of flashing can cause seizures in some users
>>>     (WCAG2 Guideline 2.3.2 AAA):
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#seizure
>>>
>>> |haptic| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Of, or relating, to the sensation of touch; used here to identify
>>>     resources that include force feedback or other three-dimensional
>>>     interfaces:
>>>
>>>       * In part from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/haptic.html.
>>>
>>>     Linguistic Indicator:
>>> |highContrast|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Visual presentation of text and images of text that has a
>>>     contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, or, for larger text, a contrast
>>>     ratio of at least 3:1 (WCAG2 Checkpoint 1.4.3):
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast.
>>>
>>> |inverseVideo|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Text, image and video colors reversed
>>> |longDescription|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An alternative text that is longer than a few sentences.
>>> |motionSimulation|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Content that simulates motion; this may result in a feeling of
>>>     nausea to the user.
>>> |signLanguage|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     A language using combinations of movements of the hands and arms,
>>>     facial expressions, or body positions to convey meaning (WCAG2):
>>>
>>>       * http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#sign-languagedef.
>>>
>>> |simplePresentation|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     A presentation of a similar level of complexity to that commonly
>>>     delivered to small screen devices using agile design - typically
>>>     no more than six controls or regions of interest on a page.
>>> |sound| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An audio pattern that can cause the user to have seizures [ISO
>>>     29138].
>>> |tactile| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Information is conveyed that requires the sense of touch.
>>> |textual| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Information is conveyed that requires the processing of text
>>> |transcript| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     A written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or
>>>     made by transcribing:
>>>     http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transcript.
>>> |visual| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     Information is conveyed that requires the sense of vision.
>>> |whiteOnBlack|
>>> <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     white text and borders on a black background
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.5 Term Refinements
>>>
>>> Some terms, when used as values of a property, may have accompanying
>>> detail refinements or parameters giving further preference detail.
>>>
>>> |enhanced| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An adaptation with more extensive forms of alternative than the
>>>     standard for that kind of adaptation; enhanced captions might
>>>     include images or speech bubbles, and enhanced audio description
>>>     might pause the video to insert extra audio.
>>> |realTime| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An adaptation produced at the time a resource is being produced;
>>>     real-time captions are often used for live newscasts.
>>> |recorded| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An audio adaptation featuring a human voice reading the material.
>>> |synthesized| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An audio adaptation featuring text-to-speech technology.
>>> |verbatim| <file:///Users/jc/Downloads/PersonalNeedsAndPrefs/pnp.html>
>>>     An exact transcription of audio; verbatim captions or verbatim
>>>     transcripts capture all speech word for word.
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.6 API, Data Structures and Implementation Strategies
>>>
>>> [TO DO]
>>>
>>>
>>>     1.7 Possible Future Work
>>>
>>> Â Preferences for personalisation of educational assessment ?
>>>
>>
>



Cheers

andy
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