Re: Thoughts on the new Draft of WCAG 2.0

> > But don't forget to mention that the presentation itself can/should be
> > based on the structural and semantic distinctions within the markup.
> > I'm sure Anne will agree on that *as long as* the section about using
> > graphics etc. for people with cognitive disabilities *remains* in the
> > text.
> I'm not sure you are adding anything of substance, Sean. What are you
> trying to do or prevent?

I'm not adding anything at all! It was/is already there in the guidelines
(2{2.3}). I'm saying that as the part about "distinguish structural and
semantic distinctions within the text" has been removed from the main {2}
and added to the foot of {3.2}, it needs adding into {2.3} where it links
back to.
On the wider scale, I'm saying that the explanation for {3.2} is an
excellent compromise between our two points of view, and needs reinforcing
to some degree, i.e. the casual user looks at it and asks themselves: "why
do we need to add in presentation for cognitively disabled users, and why do
we need to distinguish structural and smeantic distinctions?". We (the GL
WG)  need to explain, explain, and explain again, and then provide useful
examples. This is not a clash of ideas, or a contrast of opinions, but
rather two paths towards a common goal.

Kindest Regards,
Sean B. Palmer
http://xhtml.waptechinfo.com/swr/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
"Perhaps, but let's not get bogged down in semantics."
   - Homer J. Simpson, BABF07.

Received on Thursday, 23 November 2000 09:44:06 UTC