- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:27:41 +0100 (MET)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Since the entire discussion only centers to sitemap spelling, I'm quite sure there will be a realistic solution soon. And to participate to this high-level discussion, I propose to fight all spelling mistakes first since they are the greatest danger for screenreaders, and in step 2 please prohibit at least all language changes, including technical terms and Latin and Greek vocabulary. Well, my last serious attempt: a) Encourage voice browser etc. vendors to extend the vocabulary they ship within their software, to make sure common terms resulting from IT ('email', 'client', 'server' etc.), medical science, physics, Latin ('conclusio', 'id est', 'errata' etc.) and so on are integrated properly (whereby paying attention to each languages extended vocabulary); b) recommend to semantically mark up phrases and paragraphs from other than the documents language; c) emphasize hyperlinks directing to other language sources; d) honor language dynamics by accepting them and thus prioritizing a). Jens Meiert. PS. I'm convinced that the WAI is one of the most important things the W3C created, so I start feeling angry seeing some ignorance (like the initiative reacts related to usability, which is again strongly interconnected to all accessibility issues, but this seems to be irrelevant to most on this list). Are there really only people seeing -one- part of the puzzle? PPS. I hope the next topic will get more serious and realistic again. Excuse me for being that offensive at provocative, at last I'll now stop intervening here. -- Jens Meiert Interface Architect http://meiert.com/
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