- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:09:54 -0400
- To: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
- Cc: oedipus@hicom.net, ian@hixie.ch, public-html@w3.org, public-xhtml2@w3.org, www-svg@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
It is not planned for legacy support only. On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:22 AM, T.V Raman wrote: Gregory -- IanH already said this in a separate note, but let's not stretch things too far with respect to what ARIA can and cannot do, what it might be appropriate for and completely unsuitable for. ARIA is a solution for legacy markup --- I dont think it will get you far with respect to the other things you speculate upon. Gregory J. Rosmaita writes: > > aloha! > > can we agree upon at least one thing -- that it is essential that ARIA > be supported not only as the solution for today, but for tomorrow, as > well? > > ARIA needs to be fully integratable with HTML, but it is also > essential > to providing meaningful, semantically rich information to users of > XML-based languages/dialogs such as MathML, DAISY (the internationally > agreed-upon, XML derived, digital talking book spec - > http://www.daisy.org/), > and any specialized content markup (such as CellML, a means of > expressing > biological ontologies such as gene ontology, as well as validating the > models against which standards of unit balance and biophysical > constrains > such as conservation of mass, charge, energy. etc. can be expressed - > http://www.cellml.org/) not to mention Complex Document Formats > (such as > a digital talking book with SVG illustrations and embedded SMIL > switches) > > it isn't a trivial question which needs to be resolved, but a > fundamental > one -- how can something that enhances a non-extensible language as > well > as providing meaningful, interactive access to an extensible > language or > custom dialect, be incorporated into an internationally recognized > standard, such as those which the W3C produces under the name of > "Technical Recommendations"? > > personally, i don't care what delimiter is used, as long as it > provides > for the integration of ARIA support into both extensible and > non-extensible markup languages -- if the colon isn't > "politically/practically" correct, and the hyphen slash dash breaks > known extensible languages/dialects, then why not the underscore? it > actually isn't THAT unusual in the wild -- think "_DEFANGED.mp3" > > so whatever and whomever decides what piece of punctuation works, > please > remember that access to general knowledge and communication, as well > as > access to specialized knowledge domains (math, music, > SVG-to-tactile-graphics on a thermal tablet, enhanced by SMIL > integration > so that the SVG presentation could change over time to represent the > original "peak" range of the american grey wolf, to that after 100 > years > of european contact with north america, to that in 1900, to that in > 2000) > are equally accessible to all, no matter what the modality in which > they > are presented, and, foremost, that there is a standardized means of > providing such access today AND tomorrow: ARIA > > gregory. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of > focus. -- Mark Twain > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita: oedipus@hicom.net > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ > Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Best Regards, --raman Title: Research Scientist Email: raman@google.com WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ Google: tv+raman GTalk: raman@google.com, tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc
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