- From: Karen Mardahl <karen@mardahl.dk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:41:14 +0100
- To: <w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
Hi Tim In general, I think your worries are being considered already. In the big WAI glossary at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/Glossary/printable.html, there are source references for each term. Where different WAI groups have different terms, they are both listed next to each other. In those cases, I think the two groups could discuss merging definitions. It is a project that is being worked on as far as I have understood, but with perhaps a lower priority than other projects. The situation you describe was the cause of my underlying confusion in working out definitions, and I can only imagine others have felt the same. Terms do need to be tracked down for consistency, and then when you find terms are used with no real glossary for true clarity, the confusion increases! Just a little comment on this issue! regards, Karen -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Tim Boland Sent: 9. februar 2004 16:37 To: Jan Richards Cc: w3c-wai-au@w3.org Subject: re: Issue #1: 1. Definitions needed for a number of terms Thank you for checking WAI glossary for these terms. I still have a concern that some of these terms (although not yet in WAI glossary) may have explicit or implicit definitions buried in other WAI specs (or are applicable in other WAI specs), and where the terms are not AUWG-specific, I feel that we should get some input from other affected WAI working groups pertaining to our definitions (or statement that they have no interest in our definition of a particular term, or notification to them that we are talking about definitions for these terms), because I believe that the existence of common definitions that may reach across WAI WGs may become important when it comes time to indicate whether or not a specification applies for purposes of testing, for example, and it is better to resolve these issues now rather than later (not to mention that it emphasizes WAI coordination to everyone). Thanks and best wishes, Tim Boland NIST PS - Also, for definitions involving web content, I feel we should refer to WCAG whenever we can.. <snip>
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