Re: Multiple display text/icons (treat as LC comment)

Ah, good point Phil. I'd forgotten about multiple descriptor sets. These
certainly address the point I raised.

So, going back the the original problem. Should we enforce a maximum of 1
displaytext / displayicon per descriptor set?

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Phil Archer <parcher@fosi.org> wrote:

>
> Hmmm... this started out as a quick e-mail but I seem to have written more
> than I expected and ended up at a conclusion I wasn't expecting...
>
> I agree that option 2 looks attractive. To repeat the second example of
> option 2:
>
> <descriptorset>
>   <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>   <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>   <displaytext icon="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png
>                      http://authority.example.org/mok.png">
>     Everything on example.com is wcag aa and mok compliant
>   </displaytext>
> </descriptorset>
>
> So the rules here would be:
>
> - <displaytext> can appear any number of times as a child
>  of descriptorset.
>
>  - The icon attribute takes a white space separated list
>   of images that may be displayed (whether and how this
>   is done is application-specific).
>
> Which is all well and good... until you generate the POWDER-S from this:
>
> Option 2 as POWDER-S
> ====================
>
> <owl:Class rdf:nodeID="descriptorset_1">
>  <owl:intersectionOf rdf:parseType="Collection">
>    <owl:Restriction>
>      <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="&ex;#wcag" />
>      <owl:hasValue>aa</owl:hasValue>
>    </owl:Restriction>
>    <owl:Restriction>
>      <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="&ex;#mok" />
>      <owl:hasValue>true</owl:hasValue>
>    </owl:Restriction>
>  </owl:intersectionOf>
>  <dcterms:description>Everything on example.com is wcag aa
>     and mok compliant</dcterms:description>
>  <foaf:depiction
>     rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png" />
>  <foaf:depiction
>     rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
> </owl:Class>
>
> Notice that we've lost the close association between the icons and the
> text, so I guess we'd want to add a layer of complexity (remember this is
> RDF, not XML, you need resource->property->resource, not property->property
> etc):
>
> More complex POWDER-S
> =====================
>
> <wdrs:mayDisplay>
>  <wdrs:Display>
>    <dcterms:description>Everything on example.com is wcag aa
>      and mok compliant</dcterms:description>
>    <foaf:depiction
>      rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png" />
>    <foaf:depiction
>      rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
>  </wdrs:Display>
> </wdr:mayDisplay>
>
> I don't think that the semantics are right here. We have a class, that is,
> a type of thing, and *that type of thing* has a property of maydispay that
> has a Resource that itself has properties of a description and a depiction
> (perhaps more than one).
>
> This differs from the present spec which says that *that type of thing* has
> a description (text) and a depiction (image). I think we'd need to create
> some new terms in our own namespace
>
> More complex POWDER-S (variant)
> ==============================
>
> <wdrs:mayDisplay>
>  <wdrs:Info>
>    <wdrs:text>Everything on example.com is wcag aa
>      and mok compliant</wdrs:text>
>    <wdrs:logo
>      rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png" />
>    <wdrs:logo
>      rdf:resource="http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
>  </wdrs:Info>
> </wdr:mayDisplay>
>
> But even this doesn't feel right. It says that an instance of this class
> has the property of being able to display the text and logos - that's not
> the same as instances of this class being described by the text and the
> depiction. The new proposal makes it more appropriate for the resource
> itself to display the text and logo, whereas the current specs make it
> equally appropriate for the user agent to display them (which is what we
> actually have in mind).
>
> So, whilst I fully appreciate what Dave is trying to do - be able to
> combine the two separate statements that a Web site is both mobileOK and
> WCAG AA, I think the better way to do it would be to have a single image
> that showed both logos.
>
> Single logo, current spec
> =========================
>
> <descriptorset>
>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>  <displaytext>
>     Everything on example.com is wcag aa and mok compliant
>  </displaytext>
>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag_and_mok.png">
> </descriptorset>
>
> The current lack of clarity on whether display text and icons can appear
> more than once means that, as things stand, this is also perfectly valid:
>
> Multiple logos, current spec
> ============================
>
> <descriptorset>
>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>  <displaytext>
>     Everything on example.com is wcag aa and mok compliant
>  </displaytext>
>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/mok.png">
>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png">
> </descriptorset>
>
> If you *really* want to keep things separate, the current spec allows a DR
> to have more than one descriptor set. User agents concerned with resources
> that are mobileOK may or may not be concerned with WCAG and vice versa
>
> Multiple descriptor sets (current spec)
> ======================================
>
> <dr>
>  <iriset>
>    <includehosts>example.com</includehosts>
>  </iriset>
>
>  <descriptorset>
>    <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>    <displaytext>
>       Everything on example.com is wcag AA compliant
>    </displaytext>
>    <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png">
>  </descriptorset>
>
>  <descriptorset>
>    <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>    <displaytext>
>       Everything on example.com is mobileOK compliant
>    </displaytext>
>    <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/mok.png">
>  </descriptorset>
> </dr>
>
> This means that it would be ineffective to state that a display text and or
> icon element can only have a cardinality of 0 or 1.
>
> So working through all this, my personal view is that the current spec is
> right but that we should highlight that it is possible that more than one
> line of text and icon may be available and that user agents should be aware
> of this. Moreover, DR authors SHOULD only offer a single displaytext and/or
> displayicon per DR.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
> David Rooks wrote:
>
>> Cheers Andrea,
>>
>> I like option 2 the best.
>>
>> Dave.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Andrea Perego
>> <andrea.perego@uninsubria.it>wrote:
>>
>>  Hi, David.
>>>
>>>  [snip]
>>>
>>>> Following on from this example - it seems reasonable to me that if more
>>>> than 1 icon is acceptable then more than 1 displaytext is also
>>>> acceptable.
>>>> i.e. you should be able to have a displaytext for each icon you want to
>>>> display. However, i can only see this working if we can associate
>>>> displaytext with displayicons. This would be particularly useful in a
>>>> powder
>>>> application as it would allow the app to display a list of icons with
>>>> some
>>>> text beside each.
>>>>
>>>> e.g.
>>>> MOK.png - everything on example.com <http://example.com/> is MOK
>>>> compliant
>>>> WCAG.png - everything on example.com <http://example.com/> is WCAG AA
>>>> compliant
>>>> ICRA.png - everything on example.com <http://example.com/> has
>>>> nakedness
>>>>
>>>>  Good point. In such a case, we might use one of the following options:
>>>
>>>
>>> (1) <text> and <icon> as child elements of <display>
>>>
>>> Different text for each icon:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <display>
>>>    <text>Everything on example.com is wcag aa compliant</text>
>>>    <icon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png" />
>>>  <display>
>>>  <display>
>>>    <text>Everything on example.com is mok compliant</text>
>>>    <icon src="http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
>>>  <display>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>> Same text for all icons:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <display>
>>>    <text>Everything on example.com is wcag aa and mok compliant</text>
>>>    <icon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png" />
>>>    <icon src="http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
>>>  <display>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <display>
>>>    <text>Everything on example.com is wcag aa and mok compliant</text>
>>>    <icon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png
>>> http://authority.example.org/mok.png" />
>>>  <display>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>>
>>> (2) <displaytext> along with an @icon attribute:
>>>
>>> Different text for each icon:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <displaytext icon="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png">Everything on
>>> example.com is wcag aa compliant</displaytext>
>>>  <displaytext icon="http://authority.example.org/mok.png">Everything on
>>> example.com is mok compliant</displaytext>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>> Same text for all icons:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <displaytext icon="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png
>>> http://authority.example.org/mok.png">Everything on example.com is wcag
>>> aa
>>> and mok compliant</displaytext>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>>
>>> (3) <displayicon> along with its @src attribute and text:
>>>
>>> Different text for each icon:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png">Everything on
>>> example.com is wcag aa compliant</displayicon>
>>>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/mok.png">Everything on
>>> example.com is mok compliant</displayicon>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>> Same text for all icons:
>>>
>>> <descriptorset>
>>>  <ex:wcag>AA</ex:wcag>
>>>  <ex:mok>true</ex:mok>
>>>  <displayicon src="http://authority.example.org/wcag.png
>>> http://authority.example.org/mok.png">Everything on example.com is wcag
>>> aa
>>> and mok compliant</displayicon>
>>> </descriptorset>
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>>
>
>

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