- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:49:56 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
Matt, This looks good. -Jan Matt May wrote: > > Here is my action item for checkpoint 2.7. I was to add to the > rationale and success criteria to explain why authoring tools should > not mess with namespaces they don't understand. > > Original 2.7 rationale: > Markup that is not recognized by an authoring tool may have been added > to enhance accessibility. > > Changed to: > Markup that is not recognized by an > authoring tool may have been added to enhance accessibility. > Also, newer XML-based languages, such as XHTML 1.1, allow > authors to include multiple languages in a single document, via > namespaces. In the future, documents may contain metadata, including > accessibility information, in another namespace. Authoring tools must > not > strip this information when it is encountered. > > Techniques: Implementation Techniques for Checkpoint 2.7, Evaluation > Techniques for Checkpoint 2.7 > > Success Criteria: > > 1. All well-formed markup is preserved. > > 2. The author is queried for their consent before any unrecognized > markup is removed or changed. > > Added: > 3. The tool does not interfere with content in namespaces it is not > able to process. > > - > m -- 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/richards.html Phone: 416-946-7060 Fax: 416-971-2896
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