- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:40:39 -0600
- To: "Gregg Vanderheiden" <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <6EED8F7006A883459D4818686BCE3B3B02A99692@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu>
Gregg responded to my proposed rewrite of the multimedia definition: <blockquote> Actually the interactivity as a medium came from Wikipedia. I thought that was interesting because it is necessary as a media for our definition as well. Interactive audio for example is considered multimedia. And it consists of audio and interaction. </blockquote> I'd be fine with listing "interactive audio" and "interactive video" as separate media. It makes me nervous to treat Wikopedia as an authoritative source, precisely because it advertises itself as "the encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone." The Wikopedia definition of "multimedia" links to an article on "interactivity" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactivity) which is flagged as needing work. What's there now does not describe interactivity as a medium. So here's a modified version of the rewrite I proposed: <newProposal> Several different media, including at least one time based media type, integrated in a single presentation. Media may include text, audio (including interactive audio), graphics, and video (including interactive video). </newProposal> I deleted the third sentence from my previous proposal since interactivity is now incorporated into the list of media types. I also deleted animation from the list of multimedia types since our definition of "video" (accepted 8 December) includes animation. But it wouldn't bother me to include it explicitly here if people want to do that. John "Good design is accessible design." Dr. John M. Slatin, Director Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu Web <http://www.ital.utexas.edu/> http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:48 AM To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: RE: multimedia definition Actually the interactivity as a medium came from Wikipedia. I thought that was interesting because it is necessary as a media for our definition as well. Interactive audio for example is considered multimedia. And it consists of audio and interaction. This would have to be captioned since there would be no other way for a deaf person to know "when" they had to do something if it was just a transcript. Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison _____ From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of John M Slatin Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:40 AM To: Gregg Vanderheiden; Loretta Guarino Reid; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: RE: multimedia definition Gregg proposed the following definition for multimedia: <blockquote> Several different media, including at least one time based media, synchronized to convey information. Media may include text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity. </blockquote> Hmmm. I don't think of interactivity as a medium in its own right. I think of interactivity as an aspect of the way content is used, but the content itself might be text, or graphics, or audio or video. Also, the purpose of synchronizing the media may not be "to convey information" but to provide entertainment. Maybe the definition doesn't need to say anything about the *purpose* of synchronizing the media. Would the following rewrite work? <proposed> Several different media, including at least one time based media type, integrated in a single presentation. Media may include text, audio, graphics, animation, and video. Multimedia may be interactive. </proposed> John "Good design is accessible design." Dr. John M. Slatin, Director Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu Web <http://www.ital.utexas.edu/> http://www.utexas.edu <http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility> /research/accessibility -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 6:21 PM To: 'Loretta Guarino Reid'; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: RE: multimedia definition Ah yes. Good point. How about Multimedia Several different media <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium> , including at least one time based media, synchronized to convey information. Media may include text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity. Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison _____ From: Loretta Guarino Reid [mailto:lguarino@adobe.com] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:58 PM To: Gregg Vanderheiden; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: RE: multimedia definition But we don't consider a combination just of text and graphics to be multimedia. Loretta Guarino Reid lguarino@adobe.com Adobe Systems, Acrobat Engineering _____ From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:59 PM To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: multimedia definition Multimedia is the use of several different media <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium> to convey information (text <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text> , audio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio> , graphics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image> , animation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation> , video <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video> , and interactivity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactivity> ). Gregg ------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Depts of Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. 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