- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:21:57 -0800
- To: "Sailesh Panchang" <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Sailesh, This seems ok as long as it is clear that the HTML technique is only an example. In the gateway document, I don't think we should assume that HTML is always available. I think we should be careful not to reinforce the impression left from WCAG1 that only HTML can be accessible. Loretta > > In which case, is it necessary to take great pains to avoid using an > HTML technique to illustrate a point in the Gateway doc if HTML > XHTML are going to be the "host technologies"? Where applicable, other > technology-based examples may also be included (like say, a SMIL based > example in the section about multi media accessibility, or a scripting > based example when talking about device independence ). So I feel we > we should not as a rule ban HTML(or its derivative: XHTML) based > examples as it is the primary host technology and is widely used and > understood. > Sailesh Panchang > Senior Accessibility Engineer=20 > Deque Systems,11180 Sunrise Valley Drive,=20 > 4th Floor, Reston VA 20191 > Tel: 703-225-0380 Extension 105=20 > E-mail: sailesh.panchang@deque.com > Fax: 703-225-0387
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