- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:16:31 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- cc: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Joe Clark wrote: > >>I agree that the requirements should not be fashioned around any >>paarticular authoring tool. The requirement is to avoid doing >>something which happens to be stupid, but also happens to be >>perfectly valid according to all the >>relevant specifications except WCAG, and was even done by a tool >>(not just a coupe of perverse authors). > >I agree in principle, but it will be difficult for WAI, as opposed to >some other group at W3C, to impose semantically-correct Web authoring >rather than syntactically-correct authoring (e.g., <h1> vs. ><p><strong><big>). "Au contraire, mon ami". Actually I think that WCAG is one of the groups which is relatively successful in getting people to use semantically-correct code, and not just syntactically correct code. In terms of authoring I actually think that the Authoring Tools group has more impact, but they rely on WCAG for a lot of basic specification. >>This is not perfect either - the default stylesheet for SVG doesn't >>work for any useful images. > >Anyone care to explain that? SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) has a default style sheet to ensure that all valid SVG produces some image even when no presentation information has been given. The default stylsheet provides a silhouette - which is generally not useful. >>And just to remind Joe, who seems to identify me with WAI, > >Uh, no. Whenever possible, when a contributor to this esteemed list >makes a statement that WAI (read well: WAI) is apt to simply accept >and run with, I admonish WAI (nota bene: WAI) not to do so. In those >cases, I respond to an author's remarks *to* the list and *to* WAI. OK, I hadn't understood that before. (It seems you should admonish the WCAG group actually, but that's a detail one might miss when working in the group). >>I don't work for WAI... > >Yeah, we know, despite Charles's return address being charles@w3.org I work for W3C. WAI is a part of W3C. All people who work for IBM's accessibility unit work for IBM. People who work for IBM generally don't work for, nor represent, IBM's accessibility unit. -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe fax(france): +33 4 92 38 78 22 Post: 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia or W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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