- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:54:53 +1000 (EST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
It would be more accurate to say that the access techniques relate to the DOM, rather than to any particular programming language, scripting or otherwise. Essentially, when a user agent executes a script or applet, it is the DOM interface which is used to manipulate the document and to ascertain the properties thereof. What is important is not the programming language being used, but the interfaces which are being relied upon that expose the structure and content of the document, and allow manipulation. Thus I would argue that the DOM is the relevant technology, and that the relevant programming languages (Java, Ecmascript, etc.), may be cited in examples. If there exist interfaces to the document that are not available across multiple programming languages (and I have not been informed of any), then these may be relevant independently of the DOM, though if they are non-standard then there may be limits to the extent to which we should address them in any case. Disclaimer: the above are personal opinions only.
Received on Tuesday, 2 May 2000 19:55:42 UTC