- From: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:18:34 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, WAI AU Guidelines <w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
In an attempt to get a handle on 2.5 I tried to restate the problem again. It basically boils down to wanting to: Prevent the removal of structure and content that adds accessibility but may be part of older or newer markup that is not supported by the tool, without preventing the tool from cleaning up the markup (which often helps with access). The dilemma is if the tool does not recognize the targeted elements how can it distinguish between elements that help access and elements that hinder access. Given the range of authors, it is highly unlikely that the average author can handle the decision making. If mechanisms and conditions exist that allow the tool to update and seek out information about the unknown markup over the web, thats great but we cannot depend upon that. Perhaps we need to become more specific without dating the guideline. Can we establish in W3 some registry of elements that are necessary for access in both older and newer markup languages and reference this in this guideline? Jutta
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