Re: ATAG2 Glossary work:

Hi Tim,

Good points. Comments in line (Changes in CAPS).

Tim Boland wrote:
> 
> Thanks for doing this work.
> 
> Since authoring tool definition is "normative", I have a few questions:
> 
> (1) Do we need a definition of "software" for "authoring tool"?

UAAG 1.0 doesn't define the term. What possible confusion might you see 
around the term?


> (2) Does the Web Content produced by the "authoring tool" actually
> have to be "published", or is the intent to "publish" sufficient for 
> this definition?

I suppose I would say it's whether the output has the potential to be 
published if the author chose....but this is possibly casting the net 
too wide, since anything can in theory be published.

Since the main exemption we are trying to make is for personal use, 
maybe we should just say that:

ATAG 2.0 defines an "authoring tool" as any software, or *collection of
software components*, that *authors* use to create or modify *Web
content* for USE BY OTHER PEOPLE.

(I'm aware and ok with the fact that this covers email systems that send 
"Web content")

Thoughts?
Jan


> 
> Just wondering..
> 
> Best, Tim Boland
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:48 PM 9/7/2007 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> 
>> Definition of authoring tool
>>
>> This section is *normative.*
>>
>> ATAG 2.0 defines an "authoring tool" as any software, or *collection of
>> software components*, that *authors* use to create or modify *Web
>> content* for *publishing*.
>>
>> This definition covers a wide range of products including:
>> - plain text editors
>> - WYSIWYG editors
>> - productivity software that can output Web content technologies
>> - content management systems
>> - site management tools
>> - courseware tools
>> - blogging tools
>> - content aggregators
>> - conversion tools
>> - model-based authoring tools
>> - wikis
>> - etc.
>>
>>
>> -------------
> 
> 
> 

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University of Toronto

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