- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 06:47:07 -0800
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>, WAI GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 09:55 AM 10/30/00 -0500, Al Gilman wrote:
>It is_not a requirement that "there is one version that all users can use."
It may not be a guideline requirement but it just might almost be a de
facto requirement that there be one version from which all versions can be
somehow derived. If there are such things as "semantics" (and maybe we can
some day indulge in discussions of philosophies and belief systems) then
they are what get preserved and honored in that "one version". How this is
done is what much of the guideline stuff is about.
How to insure that the "one version" can yield its full content via the
specialized versions that work for a vast panoply users who must be served
something "simple, but not too simple"? It imay be possible to modify the
"one version"'s presentation language/vocabulary to accommodate those who
read at beginner level while allowing the possibility of writing the same
information in a version that is completely "DUH!less" for those to whom
the "lower" level is unbearable. Same with PWD accommodation. All of it's
"special accommodation".
--
Love.
ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
Received on Monday, 30 October 2000 09:45:40 UTC