- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:16:48 -0400
- To: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>, Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: Jo Miller <jo@bendingline.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Anne and Charles, Are your concerns about this wording strong enough that it needs to be resolved before the draft is published to TR (hopefully 17 August)? Instead, may I put it on the open issues list to discuss after it is published? Thanks, --wendy At 09:57 AM 8/10/01 , Anne Pemberton wrote: >Charles, > > Do we need "as possible" as a qualifier, or should that be in the > techniques as well? > > Oh, I liked the first two of your techniques, but think the one > about pronouns belongs in a grammar lesson instead of "techniques" ... > > Anne > >At 09:13 AM 8/10/01 -0400, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >>I agree that the checkpoint text is still a bit too complex to be understood >>consistently. I would propose dropping the "appropriate" from the text for >>now, and including it in the discussion material. >> >>In the sufficiency criteria we should be able to provide some ways of >>measuring whether something meets the checkpoint. >> >>For example (this is a 2-minute exercise and I don't think these are good >>enough, but they might give an idea what I mean): >(techniques deleted) >>etc >> >>cheers >> >>Charles >> >>(I haven't hung up my writing instructor's hat, or my translator's hat, but >>they are a bit dusty...) >> >> >>On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Anne Pemberton wrote: >> >> Jo, >> >> You were right to raise the issue on the telecon, but I don't >> think the fix worked. The sentence is an important checkpoint, and if it >> has to be "read right", then it hasn't been written "clearly and simply" >> yet.... >> >> Is it necessary to say "as is possible" as well as "as is >> appropriate" ? Can we omit "as is possible" and leave it "Write >> clearly and >> simply as appropriate for the site." .... I think someone mentioned "as >> possible" leaves a checkpoint open to abuse. > >Anne Pemberton >apembert@erols.com > >http://www.erols.com/stevepem >http://www.geocities.com/apembert45 -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative seattle, wa usa /--
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