- From: Mickey Quenzer <mickeyq@integrityol.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 11:07:06 -0400
- To: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca>
- Cc: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
Hi: I My recollection for item 7 is different. Please correct me if I am rong. I think that this should read: 7. It was decided that there should be a guideline that states that the authoring tool should not generate default alt- text but should create a place-holder alt text. ******* MQ ******* At 06:15 PM 11/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >Here are the minutes of the November 5 Conference Call: >Present: >Jutta T., Jan Richards, Karen McCall, Daniel D., Ian Jacobs, William L., >Jim Allen, Mickey Q., Charles Mc. > >1. As suggested by Daniel it was decided that this document would only >address supporting the creation of accessible documents, that the section 4 >refering to making the authoring tool itself accessible would be dropped. >This was to decrease the size of the document. Subsequently at the end of >the call (Daniel was no longer present) several members strongly objected >to this decision. This will be discussed further on the list. >2. It was decided that a text only view be recommended. >3. The various approaches to seperating techniques from guidelines were >discussed. It was decided that more specific guidance was needed but that >the authoring tool differed significantly from the UA and Page Author >guidelines. Specific examples will be generated for each of the section >three guidelines. These will either be within the document, in an example >section at the end with links or as a seperate document with links. >4. Section 5 will be expanded to bring back in the other mechanisms that >can be used to support accessible authoring. >5. Further rationale text will be added. We will insure that this is >international and not US biased. >6. It was suggested that we should check with an authoring tool developer >to see if the language and examples addressed their needs- as this is a >document for developers not the general public. >7. It was decided that there should be a guideline that states that the >authoring tool should not generate default alt- text or create place-holder >alt text. >8. All members will review the document before next Tuesday and send in >comments. > > >
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