- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 08:11:44 -0400
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>, Joe Clark <joeclark@contenu.nu>, Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Kynn,
The addition of metadata for elements in a page suits well my way
of thinking. It helps fulfill the concept of "element" on a page ... Yes,
it would be nice if a search engine would pick up the metadata of page
elements and provide a link to that place on the page ...
Anne
At 12:26 AM 7/29/01 -0400, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>At 5:34 PM -0400 2001/7/28, Anne Pemberton wrote:
>>Joe,
>> No matter the arguments presented, text is an element on a page,
>> no more, and no less. It needs an equivalent. Does the equivalent need
>> to be a graphic? No, but a graphic is probably the easiest to do, other
>> than a sound file of someone reading the text. Animations and multimedia
>> can also be equivalents to text .... Wendy has suggested that links
>> could be illustrations, so a link could be the equivalent of a block of
>> text if the link leads to something that illustrates the text ...
>
>Another good approach to "alternatives for text" is to provide valid
>keywords -- not just for the entire page, but metadata that applies only
>to a particular section as well. (Note to self: Recommend this to WAI
>PF for XMLGL consideration.)
>
>Using those keywords, an indexed library of graphics, and a reasonably
>intelligent keyword-matching algorithm, you could probably get some
>good alternative content. This could be done in-browser, on the
>server, or via a proxy. Note that it's not quite the same as relying
>on "text", as the keywords are just a textual -expression- of a
>particular idea, and the actual output to the user could be in a
>variety of forms, including graphical.
>
>(For fun, imagine if you will a proxy which scans the keywords and/or
>content and matches them against an indexed library of background
>sounds -- under user control, of course. This could provide a sense
>of "tone" to a page analogous to color choices in visual design.)
>
>--Kynn
>
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