- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:19:19 +0100
- To: Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org>
- Cc: Andrew Arch <andrew.arch@nils.org.au>, public-wai-ert-tools@w3.org
Hi, Carlos Iglesias wrote: >>Also, seems like "Classification" is a bit of a catch-all - >>is its purpose to recreate the categories we have in the current list? > > > More or less, I find them useful and I think they should be recreated and expanded > > E.g. > > General- Tools that perform tests for a variety of accessibility issues. > Focused - Tools that test for one or a limited aspect of accessibility. > Services - Tools that run on an ongoing basis such as proxies, Web services, and monitors. > Plugins/Extensions - Tools that run on other tools (need other tools to run) In the past, classifying "General" vs "Focused" has proved to be challenging and not very beneficial. I agree with Andrew that the direction should be providing more granual options (as we have done by extending "Plugins/Extensions" to "Browser Integration", "Authoring Tool Integration", etc for example) rather than defining (ambiguous) blanket categories. Regards, Shadi -- Shadi Abou-Zahra Web Accessibility Specialist for Europe | Chair & Staff Contact for the Evaluation and Repair Tools WG | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/ | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), http://www.w3.org/WAI/ | WAI-TIES Project, http://www.w3.org/WAI/TIES/ | Evaluation and Repair Tools WG, http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/ | 2004, Route des Lucioles - 06560, Sophia-Antipolis - France | Voice: +33(0)4 92 38 50 64 Fax: +33(0)4 92 38 78 22 |
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