I just noticed the
definition of user agent in our
guidelines
It is
user agent
In this document, the term "user agent" is used in two
ways:
1.
The
software and documentation components that together, conform
to the requirements of the User
Agent
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (UAAG 1.0). This is the most common
use of the
term in this document and is the usage in the UAAG checkpoints.
2.
Any
software that retrieves and renders Web content for users. This may
include Web
browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs — including assistive
technologies — that help in retrieving and rendering Web content.
Note:
This term was taken verbatim from User Agent
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (UAAG 1.0) Glossary
The note states that this
was taken verbatim from UAAG.
Actually this is an adaptation of the definition in UAAG because it
would
make no sense in our document as written.
Here is the definition
verbatim from UAAG.
User
agent
In this
document, the term "user agent" is
used in two ways:
1.
The
software and documentation components that together, conform
to
the requirements of this document. This is the most common use of the
term in
this document and is the usage in the checkpoints.
2.
Any
software that retrieves and renders Web content for users. This may
include Web
browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs —
including assistive technologies
—
that help in retrieving and rendering Web content.
First we should change
our note since it isn’t accurate.
Second I wonder if our
adaptation of UAAG definition is
accurate for our guidelines. Isn’t the second definition the one we
mean most? Not the first?
In fact isn’t the second
definition the only thing we
mean by the term user agent?
Gregg
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Gregg C
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Professor
- Depts of Ind.
Engr. & BioMed Engr.
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