- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:03:23 +0200
- To: Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org>
- Cc: public-webcgm-wg@w3.org
On Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 6:05:12 PM, Al wrote: AG> Before final sign off on the appendix, we would like clarification AG> as to how the user can change the colors of WebCGM documents to AG> address issues such as high contrast for low vision and changes for AG> color blindness. These are addressed in SVG through the use of AG> styling. The possibilities of styling for CGM were examined quite some years ago, and it was concluded that current styling mechanisms were not at all well suited to restyling CGM. Use of CGM as a Scalable Graphics Format W3C NOTE 18-June-1997 Roy Platon, Chris Lilley http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-cgm-970618 Indeed, this was one of the things that demonstrated the need for an XML-based graphical format like SVG. The colors in CGM are essentially hard coded and not restylable. In theory, that sounds like a problem. In practice, you will find that 99% of actual WebCGMs are in black and white (with perhaps red) so are already very high contrast. AG> ** on the process AG> Will there be a telecon tomorrow? I believe Lofton is unavailable. There will; I believe Thierry is chairing in his stead. AG> I think that the hyperlink is a simple matter that doesn't require AG> discussion. We might want to talk about the "how the user can change AG> the colors" question above. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Interaction Domain Leader Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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