- From: Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG <rscano@iwa-italy.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:48:41 +0200
- To: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
----- Original Message ----- From: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu> To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Action item: new examples for Guideline 3.1 <proposed> Example 1. A document that exists in English, French, and German versions. A corporate Web server identifies the country where a user's IP address is located. It displays the site in the appropriate language. A user's screen reader automatically uses the appropriate pronunciation rules, based on the presence of a language-identifier in the document. </proposed> --- Roberto Scano: I suggest a rewording of this... because usually (also following WCAG 1.0 techniques for checkpoint 11.3: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-content-preferences). This is "content negotiation" that must be done following the user preferences for the user agent. Eg: an american that use internet connection in an hotel in Venice, the IP is italian and - if we follow this example - the page will be show in italian. I propose this rewording: <proposed> Example 1. A document that exists in English, French, and German versions. A corporate Web server identifies the language set by the user in the user agent preferences. It displays the site in the appropriate language. A user's screen reader automatically uses the appropriate pronunciation rules, based on the presence of a language-identifier in the document. </proposed> --- John M Slatin: <proposed> * Example 2: an acronym. The characters "W3C" are marked as an acronym the first time they appear on a Web page. A person using a screen reader would hear, "World Wide Web Consortium."; Later in the document, the user hears the characters "W 3 C" spoken one at a time, because they are not marked as an acronym. </proposed> --- Roberto Scano: In a lot of W3C Reccomandation, like ATAG 1.0, the conformance claim declare W3C as an abbreviation, not acronym: <abbr title="the World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>. I Suggest to change this example with one like these: http://www.acronymsearch.com/FAQ_001.htm These two eurocents for now ;-)
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