RE: Hello!

Hi Liddy,

You are absolutely right. We saw Web accessibility as a primary use case,
it's actually documented in the Charter [1]. It would be great to get your
feedback, I'd particularly like to hear from you when you apply content
labelling to your own accessible websites.

To further your thought process, don't you think content labelling makes
accessibility more appealing by using the benefit of search indexing? Search
engines and browsers in the near future could highlight websites deemed to
be 'trustworthy' using a Content Label. By labelling content you increase
your chances of your site being highlighted in new versions of search
engines and browsers that look for such labels. 

Using accessibility as an example, if a user can view only sites which allow
text to be resized to the 'largest' browser setting, a Content Label will
distinguish sites with this ability. Users may even filter out websites that
are not labelled for this functionality in the future. 

This would permit companies to make declarations about conformance to
individual WAI accessibility guidelines without the restrictive requirement
to meet the complete list of claims required for WAI Single-A, Double-A or
Treble-A conformance. Equally you could state conformance to those sets if
you choose.

This would make content labelling suitable for sites in a gradual process of
converting to accessibility, as well as very large sites in which it would
be impossible or wasteful to try to make every page accessible in one go. 

[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/wcl/wcl-charter-20060208

Thanks,
Paul 
  
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      -----Original Message-----
      From: public-xg-wcl-request@w3.org 
      [mailto:public-xg-wcl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Liddy Nevile
      Sent: 10 February 2006 05:30
      To: public-xg-wcl@w3.org
      Subject: Hello!
      
      
      I am interested in this activity because I think it has 
      another use case, as I think I suggested to Phil some time ago?
      
      I think that the person with accessibility needs and 
      preferences, for whatever reason, might also fit into 
      this work? I am co-author of the proposed ISO standard 
      that relates to the use of a profile of personal needs 
      and preferences (functional requirements) and the 
      resource description that is needed for a resource to be 
      matched to a user's profile. This is not just about the 
      group of people with disabilities who are, of course, in 
      need of accessibility, but anyone with a need at the 
      time, for whatever reason. Primarily, I have seen our 
      work as the metadata extension of PICS in the same way 
      that I think you are seeing it, but in a different context.
      
      Liddy

Received on Friday, 10 February 2006 09:44:28 UTC