RE: "TECHNOLOGY, Web Content" definition for ATAG2

Hi Jan,

 

This is interesting (pulled your text out from below to make it easier to
find - and then just 

-        formatted it as a definition 

-        added "Web content" in front of "technology" in the note, and

-        changed the order FROM     rendered, executed or played     TO
rendered, played, or executed. 

 

 

Web Content Technology

               

mechanism for encoding instructions to be rendered, played or executed by
user agents

 

NOTE:  Web Content technologies may include markup languages, data formats,
or programming languages that authors may use alone or in combination to
create end-user experiences that range from static Web pages to multimedia
presentations to dynamic Web applications. 

EXAMPLES: Some common examples of Web content technologies include HTML,
CSS, SVG, PNG, PDF, Flash, and JavaScript

 

Thoughts? 

 

 

Gregg

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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. 

 

 

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: w3c-wai-cg-request@w3.org 

> [mailto:w3c-wai-cg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jan Richards

> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:59 AM

> To: Phill Jenkins

> Cc: WAI-AUWG List; Andi Snow-Weaver; w3c-wai-cg@w3.org

> Subject: Re: "TECHNOLOGY, Web Content" definition for ATAG2

> 

> 

> Hi Phill,

> 

> Thanks for your comments. This is obviously a key definition 

> that many groups are interested in, so I don't want to give 

> anyone the impression that I'm trying to do this alone. My 

> thoughts are in-line, marked by "JR":

> 

> Quoting Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>:

> 

> JR: First a clarification of the term in question. By 

> "TECHNOLOGY, Web Content" I meant "Web Content Technology".

> 

> > I would recommend including the notion of encoded formats 

> or content 

> > types that require a plug-in.  For example, many content 

> types require 

> > a "plug-in" to render the content.  I suppose a plug-in is a user 

> > agent within a user agent that can't render the content 

> type itself directly.

> 

> JR: In my proposed definition, I had intended "data format" 

> to include these things, but I'm open to wording that 

> clarifies this. In general, I think plug-ins can be assumed 

> to be part of the user agent.

> 

> > I would separate your definition to distinguish or define 

> interactive 

> > content types.  Such as forms and widgets that change the visual 

> > presentation, such as expanding or collapsing a tree view, 

> something 

> > more than just "clicking on a link" to go to another 

> content type page or view.

> >  FLASH is an example of an interactive content type while 

> an MP3 file 

> > is only "played" or rendered in audio by the player or 

> plug-in.  You 

> > always interact with the user agent, but many content types include 

> > interaction inside the content rendered by the user agent.

> 

> JR: Maybe the the following changes would address this 

> (changes in CAPS):

> 

> "A mechanism for encoding instructions to be rendered, 

> executed OR PLAYED by user agents. Technologies may include 

> markup languages, data formats, or programming languages that 

> authors may use alone or in combination to create end-user 

> experiences that range from static Web pages TO MULTIMEDIA 

> PRESENTATIONS to dynamic Web applications. Some common 

> examples of Web content technologies include HTML, CSS, SVG, 

> PNG, PDF, Flash, and JavaScript."

> 

> 

> > I would strongly recommend NOT using the term "technology" 

> to replace 

> > content type or format.  Technology, Information Technology, and 

> > Electronic & Information Technology (E&IT) are much higher 

> level terms 

> > that often include the user agent, the operating system, and the 

> > hardware to render the information.

> 

> JR: I'm not fixed on "technology", though as my clarification 

> above points out, the full term is "Web content technology".

> 

> > I would NOT include the notion of "programming languages" in the 

> > definition of "content", but I agree it is part of the higher level 

> > term of "technology", because much of the "programming 

> logic" can he 

> > hosted on the server or hidden on the client and is used to 

> manipulate 

> > the content based on user interaction and outside inputs (i.e., RSS)

> 

> JR: I don't want to speak for the WCAG-WG here, but the WEB 

> CONTENT Accessibility Guidelines does cover user interfaces 

> generated by executing program code so I think it makes 

> things more clear if the term WEB CONTENT is defined to cover this.

> 

> > I copied Andi Snow-Weaver, a member of the WCAG 2.0 working 

> group and 

> > co-chair of the 508 TEITAC Web & Software Subcommittee that is also 

> > dealing with definition.  The definition and terms need to 

> harmonized 

> > across WCAG/ATAG as well as 508 and other standards.

> 

> JR: Thanks. The more people thinking about this, the better 

> chance we have of getting it right.

> 

> Cheers,

> Jan

> 

> 

> >

> > Regards,

> > Phill Jenkins

> > IBM Research - Human Ability & Accessibility Center 

> > http://www.ibm.com/able

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca> Sent by: 

> > w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org

> > 07/25/2007 02:49 PM

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> > Subject

> > "TECHNOLOGY, Web Content" definition for ATAG2

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > On Monday's call, the term "TECHNOLOGY, Web Content" was 

> introduced as 

> > a potential replacement for "Content Type" in ATAG2 and 

> "Technology" 

> > in WCAG (it came out of a meeting between Michael Cooper, 

> Al Gilman and I):

> >

> >

> > TECHNOLOGY, Web Content

> >

> > A mechanism for encoding instructions to be rendered or executed by 

> > user agents. Technologies may include markup languages, 

> data formats, 

> > or programming languages that authors may use alone or in 

> combination 

> > to create end-user experiences that range from static Web pages to 

> > dynamic Web applications. Some common examples of Web content 

> > technologies include HTML, CSS, SVG, PNG, PDF, Flash, and 

> JavaScript.

> >

> >

> > BTW: The issue of techniques for creating Web Applications 

> using DOM 

> > manipulation is covered by this reading:

> > "programming languages" "executed by user agents" to create 

> "dynamic 

> > Web applications".

> >

> >

> > Cheers,

> > Jan

> >

> >

> >

> >

> 

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> Jan Richards, User Interface Design Specialist Adaptive 

> Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), University of Toronto

> 

>    Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca

>    Web:   http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca

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