On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Dan Scott <dan@coffeecode.net> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 11:14:59AM -0600, George Kerscher wrote: >> Dear schema.org folks, >> >> We need some help here. The proposal at: >> http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/Accessibility >> >> Is under consideration by the International Digital Publishing Forum >> (IDPF)'s working group for inclusion in the EPUB 3.01 revision that is >> quickly working towards ISO approval as a Technical Specification. >> >> It would be terrific if this could reach a status in the next few weeks to >> make it into this spec. EPUB 3 references HTML5 and other specifications >> that are not full W3C recommendations, but a status of accepted public draft >> or better is necessary for inclusion in the spec. >> >> If somehow we could get the accessibility metadata spec to this state, I >> would appreciate it. >> >>> From my POV, having this type of metadata in the package file for each EPUB >> 3 publication would go a long, long way in promoting digital publications >> that are accessible to persons with disabilities. >> >> I have copied Gerardo and Matt with this request, who are in a better >> position to answer technical questions. > > Going all the way back to a very basic question: to which Type(s) are > these properties expected to be added? My guess is that the intention is > CreativeWork, with the idea that they would be inherited by Movie, Book, > MediaObject, etc, but with the exception of the mention of > SoftwareApplication (which is actually currently a typo as > "softwareApplication"), currently that information is missing from the > proposal. Yes, the target type is CreativeWork and its underlying types. SoftwareApplication is covered, but accessAPI and controlFlexibility are its only properties. Thanks for catching that typo.
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