- From: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:19:34 -0400
- To: Lorraine Johnson <lorraine.johnson@elektrobit.com>
- Cc: "'site-comments@w3.org'" <site-comments@w3.org>
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001, Lorraine Johnson wrote: > I'm trying to sort out the similarities and differences between cHTML, HDML, > WML, and XHTML Basic. I know that cHTML and HDML are not W3C > Recommendations, but you *do* have descriptive documents on your site. > Every time I want to check a point, though, I have to go through a > convoluted process of finding the papers again. (Yes, I've bookmarked them, > but sometimes what I remember reading is in a related page.) I expect to > find links under HTML or Mobile, but no luck. Typing HDML in our search box in our home page gives me this page: http://search.w3.org/Public/cgi-bin/query?mss=simple&pg=q&what=web&filter=w3c&fmt=.&q=HDML with links to: http://www.w3.org/Submission/1997/5/ http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-Submission-HDML.html and http://www.w3.org/Submission/1997/5/Comment.html Typing compactHTML (aka cHTML) in the same search box: http://search.w3.org/Public/cgi-bin/query?mss=simple&pg=q&what=web&filter=w3c&fmt=.&q=compactHTML with link to http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-compactHTML-19980209/ By the way, knowing that cHTML is related to XHTML basic, I can find this link at http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/#a_refs the references for XHTML Basic. > Just because a paper isn't a Recommendation, doesn't mean that people don't > want to access it. The whole point of the Web is to link related resources > for clear and easy access. It would be great if the main categories (your > left-hand list) could link to all related resources (even if they're not > approved). If not that, then at least some kind of site map which lists the > available papers. We have a list of all our published technical reports available at: http://www.w3.org/TR/ As you may see, this list is already very long and it wouldn't make sense to display all these references on our home page. > Considering that accessibility is a strong point with the W3C, it's very > frustrating to find your site so difficult to navigate. We are always looking for making our site better: the task is really not easy as our site is really big, but any advices are very welcome! Best regards, Dom -- Dominique Hazaël-Massieux - http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/ W3C's Webmaster at MIT mailto:dom@w3.org - tel: +1-617-258-8143
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