Re: A recommendation on customized web pages for blind users

Hi, Wendy

I think that XSLT and XPath will be interesting, however there's an assumption
that the information will be in XML.  Currently, dynamic pages are generated
from information stored in relational and other kinds of databases
rather than XML.  A second issue is how long will it be before the
standards are adopted and implemented with a consistent result across
the different forms of technology?

Scott

> Note: this is an issue for the next working group.  The charter for this 
> group ends in 2 weeks and before then we need to draft a new charter, 
> release another version of techniques (primarily a restructuring), and 
> close current open issues.
> 
> However, I suggest people check out the latest W3C Recommendations XPath 
> and XSLT.
> 
> <BLOCKQUOTE>
> The World Wide Web Consortium announces two new Recommendations - XSL 
> Transformations (XSLT [1]) and XML Path Language (XPath[2]) - that will 
> enable the transformation and styled presentation of XML documents. "Anyone 
> using XML can now take advantage of XSLT, a powerful new tool for 
> manipulating, converting and styling documents, and XPath, a simple way of 
> referring to parts of an XML document." said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. 
> "Together, XSLT and XPath strike a fine balance between simplicity of use 
> and underlying power."
> </BLOCKQUOTE>
> 
> The major theme of the WCAG is "graceful transformation" meaning that 
> content is separate from presentation  so that the user can control the 
> presentation whether it be on a cell phone, a handheld device, an auto pc, 
> etc.  Therefore, as gregory said, we need to address functional limitations.
> 
> --wendy
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath

Received on Thursday, 18 November 1999 19:24:10 UTC