- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:04:37 +1100 (AEDT)
- To: WAI Markup Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Another interesting consequence of the "language and comprehension" issue is that all documents would need to be translated into every modern language. People who belong to small linguistic communities and who have not learned a second language will find most of the web to be inaccessible. This is simply a consequence of the fact that some languages have a small (and, unfortunately, in many cases a diminishing) number of users. We need principled grounds on which to decide what kinds of diversity should be taken into account in the guidelines.
Received on Wednesday, 13 January 1999 20:04:58 UTC