Re: References for the Note

+1. 

Regards,
Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Deque Systems Inc.,
+91-709-380-3855
Sent from my iPhone - excuse typos. 

> On 16-Feb-2016, at 23:02, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Shawn and all,
> 
> +1 from me too.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> Laura
> 
>> On 2/16/16, Rochford, John <john.rochford@umassmed.edu> wrote:
>> +1
>> 
>> From: Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 10:32 AM
>> To: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
>> Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
>> Subject: Re: References for the Note
>> 
>> Agree.
>> References[1] for items in Requirements that need references. Research[2]
>> for all the things we find.  A few (or some) might get used in References
>> 1. https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/References
>> 2. https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Research
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Shawn Henry
>> <shawn@w3.org<mailto:shawn@w3.org>> wrote:
>> LVTF folks,
>> 
>> Much of the information in our draft Note "Accessibility Requirements for
>> People with Low Vision" should have sources indicated. Some sentences have
>> multiple points that should have sources.
>> 
>> If we were to include sources within the document in W3C reference style
>> [W3C-Ref], it would significantly clutter the document and decrease
>> readability for everyone (not specifically people with low vision :). For
>> example, see the second paragraph of <https://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/> --
>> and consider that we would have multiple sources per sentence.
>> 
>> Also, many of the points in the Note have multiple good references. If the
>> references were listed in the document, we would need to spend time and
>> energy deciding which to include in the doc.
>> 
>> One approach would be to put the sources in a separate page. (We could put
>> them in a wiki page for now so it is easy to edit, and move them to a WAI
>> web page that is more stable when the Note is complete.)
>> This would avoid clutter in the main doc (and save us the energy of refining
>> to a limited number of references for each point).
>> 
>> This approach is currently drafted. The Note Introduction
>> <http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html#introduction>
>> says:
>> "_References_ provides sources for the information in this document"
>> 
>> A References page is started at:
>>        <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/References>
>> (We could still keep the listings limited to the more appropriate
>> authoritative, original, and international references -- not just list all
>> that we find.)
>> 
>> Thoughts on this approach?
>> 
>> ~Shawn
>> 
>> [W3C-Ref] https://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#References
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
>> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
>> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> 
> 
> -- 
> Laura L. Carlson
> 

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