- From: Chris O'Kennon <chris@vipnet.org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:49:32 -0400
- To: "WAI-GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
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Which brings up a question I have about the guidelines. I deliver updates on the progress of the guidelines to state government entities here in Virginia, and I'm wondering if there's a deadline on a final version? -------------------------- Chris O'Kennon Director of Portal Architecture VIPNet/Commonwealth of Virginia www.virginia.gov 804-786-6216 (W) 804-314-8565 (C) -------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Joe Clark Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:35 AM To: WAI-GL Subject: Re: Back to business > Finally, I would like us to try to practice what we preach. So please >DO use plain simple language. Well, *I* don't preach that, and, as a professional writer of 15 years' standing, I'm not about to let nonwriters tell me how to write. I'll point out that my esteemed colleagues at WCAG WG can't even write intelligible guidelines half the time -- *and* you're drowning in your own jargon. You're hardly in any position to issue edicts. Examples in one tidy place (excerpted): <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004JulSep/0318.html> >2. programmatically located, issue 330 > >We have a number of terms and we need to define them. One appears to >be redundant with another as well. > >"derived programmatically", >"programmatically determined", >"programmatically located" and >"programmatically identified" > >Jason posted one set of definitions that are listed at the end of the >agenda. John is working on a version that might be available for the >meeting. [1] > >3. Definition of authored unit And as for the recurring plaints to get along nicely: As ever, WCAG WG prizes fake, vacant smiles over good work. We don't *have* to get along to produce good guidelines. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org Accessibility <http://joeclark.org/access/> Expect criticism if you top-post
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