- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:53:25 -0700
- To: <seeman@netvision.net.il>, "WAI \(E-mail\)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 12:15 PM 10/12/00 +0200, Lisa Seeman wrote:
>Ensure, by providing text equivalents, that every component of a document,
>web page, or multimedia presentation, can be rendered as text in a standard
>character set.
>To achieve this:
>Provide text equivalents for every non-textual element such as auditory
>and graphical components
>Capture the intent of the non-textual element in the textual equivalent
>Preserve the functionality of the non-textual element in the textual
>equivalent
>Use the best and most apropriate means to maintain the purpose of the
>non-textual element in the textual equivalent .
>This can be achieved in some cases by a short label or descriptive phrase;
>in other cases the essence of the non-textual element is best captured by
>a longer explanation, description or exposition.
>Structured content or metadata can also be used.
I've fixed the typos/spellings and suspect that the four lines after "To
achieve this:" are list items and that "This can be achieved..." is
probably a sub-list item but I'm not sure if "Structured content..." is a
parallel list item or a summation of the whole.
I think our biggest problem is explaining how "capturing intent" can be
achieved, particularly in cases where authors aren't aware that their
presentations are conveying semantics.
--
Love.
ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
Received on Wednesday, 18 October 2000 12:55:57 UTC