- From: Matt May <mcmay@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:29:32 -0800
- To: jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
- Cc: "Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Mar 19, 2004, at 2:15 AM, Jason White wrote: > On the other hand, suppose there is a collection of XML data that is > transferred over the Web, but which is not designed or intended to be > presented in a user interface. This is the kind of example that is > usually treated as not being Web content, and to which the guidelines > don't > apply. > > Question: is there a more accurate way of defining or characterizing > content which is not designed to appear in a user interface? MM: Yes. It's in WCAG 2 [1]: These principles apply only to Web content presented to a human reader. A structured database or metadata collection where the data is intended for use by another machine, and that requires no interface, lies outside the scope of these guidelines. - m [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040311/#overview-design- principles
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