Re: Definition of website

Hi again,

If it's too much trouble to go and change definitions because they'Re referenced in WCAg 2.0 or other standards already, then by all means, forget I asked. I understand the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" concept.

Best,

/Denis



On 2011-10-05, at 4:25 AM, Léonie Watson wrote:

> 	That description of a web page is fine. Suggest we link through to it from the description in our methodology though. I wasn't aware of that description of a web page and suspect many others will not be when they come to our methodology either.
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> Léonie.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shadi Abou-Zahra [mailto:shadi@w3.org] 
> Sent: 03 October 2011 16:09
> To: Michael S Elledge
> Cc: Eval TF; Léonie Watson
> Subject: Re: Definition of website
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> Hi Mike, Leonie,
> 
> Where do you see the proposed definition of website be limited to HTML?
> 
> The currently proposed definition for "website" is:
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> A coherent collection of one or more related web pages that together provide common use or functionality. It includes static web pages, dynamically generated web pages, and web applications.
> ]]
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> The definition for "web page" (from WCAG2 [1]) is:
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> a non-embedded resource obtained from a single URI using HTTP plus any other resources that are used in the rendering or intended to be rendered together with it by a user agent ]]
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> I understand that this includes any technology such as Flash, PDF, and Silverlight as long as they are delivered through HTTP (which includes
> HTTPS) and are intended to be rendered by a user agent (as opposed to other uses of these technologies).
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> [1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#webpagedef>
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> Best,
>   Shadi
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> 
> On 3.10.2011 16:23, Michael S Elledge wrote:
>> I am also concerned that we not exclude non-html technologies. I 
>> understand the need to restrict the delivery of a website to a user 
>> agent (otherwise it could also include "software" which is defined 
>> separately by W3C), but there is enough content being delivered that 
>> is not based on html that we should be sure to include it in our definition.
>> 
>> I think this would also be compatible with WCAG 2.0's 
>> "technology-agnostic" approach.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>>> That seems to be a more technically specific description Denis.
>> 
>> I wonder whether we need to extend either description to reference 
>> page assets as well though?
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>> Flash/PDF/Silverlight/whatever entities for example?
>>> 
>>> Léonie.
>> On 10/3/2011 12:59 AM, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
>>> Hi Denis,
>>> 
>>> Short: what is it that you are trying to fix? ;)
>>> 
>>> Long: please explain what issues you see with the current proposal 
>>> and some of the rationale for your suggestion. In particular, I'm not 
>>> sure what is meant by an "organized" vs "un-organized" set of related 
>>> pages and why you want to restrict a website to something being on a 
>>> single "web server". Also, the "HTTP protocol" and "accessed by a user agent"
>>> aspects are already in the WCAG2 definition of a web page so I think 
>>> there is no need to repeat that in the definition of "website".
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Shadi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 3.10.2011 06:24, Denis Boudreau wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Having looked at the current I'd like to propose, if I may, another 
>>>> definition for what a "website" is.
>>>> 
>>>> Right now, we have: "A coherent collection of one or more related 
>>>> web pages that together provide common use or functionality. It 
>>>> includes static web pages, dynamically generated web pages, and web 
>>>> applications".
>>>> 
>>>> I think something along the lines of the following would cover more 
>>>> ground and circumscribe more efficiently what we mean by "website":
>>>> 
>>>> "An organized set of related web pages using HTML or XHTML, linked 
>>>> in a coherent structure, hosted on a Web server, accessed by a user 
>>>> agent and governed by the HTTP or the HTTPS protocol".
>>>> 
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> /Denis
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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