Re: generalization/abstraction

A coupla weeks ago I sent some proposals concerning the GL
generalization project to the list and got 0 (zero) replies. I wonder if
anybody read it and decided it just wasn't worth responding to or what?

I also wonder if "content", "structure", "presentation" need to have
added a separate category for "navigation" since that function isn't
*really* covered in the others. Many of the uses of tables (and I guess
frames as well) are visual conceits for the purpose of maintaining a
constant navigation function. 

Here are excerpts from the previous post - you can see the whole thing
in the archives at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2000AprJun/0488.html

> GL 1: How about "Provide [rich?] Alternative Content."
> 
> GL 2: I'm not sure why color is singled out as a presentation problem.
> Somehow any use of any formatting technique should not be used in the
> sense of "only" insofar as semantics is concerned.
> 
> GL 3: Is "style sheets" fully generalized? XSL, e.g.?
> 
> GL 5: "tables" is too specific since we are actually concerned with
> *any* devices used to provide eye candy - tables are not much different
> than, say pie charts in this regard. The generalization should be
> general! Any use of position (or font, or color, or etc.) must consider
> accessibility.
> 
> GL 6: See 2 and 5 for generalization it's not *just* "new technologies"
> that must transform gracefully.

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Received on Wednesday, 12 July 2000 15:00:14 UTC