WAI Glossary study plus additional notes

The following terms in the WAI Glossary, at:

http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/Glossary/printable.html

(a) may have overlap with similar terms in the ATAG2.0 Glossary
  (3 Nov 2004 draft) with respect to definitions, and (b) are
defined by sources other than from ATAG:


1. "accessible" - WCAG10, WCAG20
2. "activate" - UAAG10(normative); "active element" - SVG10, "active 
element" - UAAG10
3. "alert" - UAAG10(normative)
4. "alternative equivalents for content" - UAAG10; ("text equivalent" - 
WCAG10, WCAG20?)
5. "attribute" - UAAG10(normative); "attribute" - WS-GLOSSARY
6. "audio description", "auditory description" - UAAG10; "audio 
descriptions" - WCAG20?
7. "author styles" - UAAG10(normative)
8. "captions" - UAAG10(normative); "captions" - WCAG20?
9. "configure and control" - UAAG10(normative)
10. "content" - UAAG10(normative); "content" - WCAG20?
11. "device-independent" - WCAG10, WCAG20; "device independence" - 
UAAG10(normative)
12. "document" - CC-PP; "document content, structure, and presentation" - 
WCAG10, WCAG20
13. "documentation" - UAAG10(normative)
14. "element,element type" - UAAG10(normative); "element" - WCAG10, WCAG20;
  "element" - CSS10, CSS20; "element" - XML10, XHTML10
15. "end user" - WS-GLOSSARY
16. "equivalent" - WCAG10, WCAG20; "equivalent(alternatives)(for content)" 
- UAAG10
17. "informative" - UAAG10(normative)
18. "markup" - WCAG10, WCAG20
19. "normative" - UAAG10(normative)
20. "objects" - WCAG10, WCAG20
21. "prompt" - UAAG10(normative)
22. "property" - SVG10; "properties, values, defaults" - UAAG10(normative)
23. "repair content, repair text" - UAAG10(normative)
24. "transform gracefully" - WCAG10, WCAG20?; "transformation filter" - 
WCAG10, WCAG20;
  "transformation matrix" - SVG10
25. "user agent" - WCAG10, WCAG20; "user agent" - UAAG10(normative); "user 
agent" - P3P10
26. "view, viewport" - UAAG10(normative); "viewport" - SVG10


NOTE: The UAAG terms with definitions are "normative" in most 
instances.  Also, some of the
terms and definitions in the WAI Glossary may be somewhat "dated" (dates of 
entry are
explicitly given), so the terms and/or definitions may need updating or 
obsoleting?

Terms (other than those listed previously) in the WAI Glossary either 
already have ATAG as
  a source, or are not found in the ATAG2.0 Glossary.  It might be worth 
examining the
  previously-listed terms with definitions to make sure we're consistent if 
we're supposed to
  be, or maybe to reference these terms/definitions in certain instances if 
appropriate?
If our terms/definitions are meant to be different, eventually we may want 
to contribute
  our terms/definitions to the WAI Glossary?

I believe there is also a PFWG glossary, but I haven't looked at it yet if 
there is one..




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(extremely minor point) - the ordering of some of the terms in the current 
ATAG2.0 glossary
  is not strictly alphabetic - examples:  "accessible web content" comes 
before "accessible
  authoring interface", and "transcript" comes before "techniques"




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NOTE: I will be out of town and probably unavailable via email Sun Nov 14 - 
Tues Nov 16,
  so I must send regrets for the AUWG teleconference Monday Nov 15.




Thanks and best wishes,
Tim Boland NIST



PS - personal note: I think that using consistent terminology and 
definitions across
  the WAI working groups to the maximum extent possible and appropriate 
reinforces again
  to the public that "WAI has its act together".

Received on Friday, 12 November 2004 15:58:49 UTC