Re: More useful information for 3.3

• From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
• Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:47:30 +1100
• To: Web Content Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <15503.58642.847501.230372@jdc.local>

Jo Miller writes:
 > 
 > It comes down to  this: we have not yet really clarified in 3.3 
 > whether we are recommending multiple versions of written content -- 
 > that is, whether we want authors to provide alternative versions of 
 > content for people with learning disabilities -- or whether we're 
 > talking about a set of rules to be applied to a single version of 
 > written content.

Shouldn't this be open to the author to decide, depending on the
nature of the document and the circumstances? Of course we can provide
appropriate advice, but why constrain the author's options
unnecessarily by prescribing one or the other of these options under
particular circumstances?

Received on Wednesday, 13 March 2002 18:47:39 UTC