- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:25:01 -0400
- To: WAI-AUWG <w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
Perhaps the most important thing we need to get out of the way is the definition of an authoring tool that we started at the F2F. Here is the text as it stands. I'll have a go, but perhaps others could also send comments to the list: 1.1 Definition of Authoring Tool In these guidelines, the term "authoring tool" refers to the wide range of software used for creating Web content, including: - Editing tools specifically designed to produce Web content (e.g., WYSIWYG HTML and XML editors); - Tools that offer the option of saving material in a Web format (e.g., word processors or desktop publishing packages); - Tools that transform documents into Web formats (e.g., filters to transform desktop publishing formats to Web publishing formats); - Tools that produce multimedia, especially where it is intended for use on the Web (e.g., video production and editing suites, SMIL authoring packages); - Tools for site management or site publication, including tools that automatically generate Web sites dynamically from a database, on-the-fly conversion tools, and Web site publishing tools; (e.g. learning management tools) - Tools for management of layout (e.g., CSS formatting tools). - Combinations of the above??? - Content aggregators??? - Real-time content creators (chat tools, etc.)??? - Services - Collaborative Agents -- Jan Richards, User Interface Design Specialist Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), University of Toronto Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca Web: http://ultrajuan.ic.utoronto.ca/~jan/jan.html Phone: 416-946-7060 Fax: 416-971-2896
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