- From: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 12:55:00 +0200
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
At 12:23 5/05/2006, Vicente Luque Centeno wrote: <quote> Schematron or XSLT/XQuery rules can be applied to HTML documents if a HTML parser (instead of a XML parser) is being used. For instance, my XSLT-based Web Accessibility evaluator [1] can be applied to HTML pages that are not XHTML (see the extended interface). So, my question is: wouldn't be nice to provide formalized expressions (based on Schematron or XSLT templates) in the WCAG 2.0 HTML Techniques draft? Web developers would have objective and formalized tests instead of just subjective prose. Examples are good, but not enough. [1] http://www.it.uc3m.es/vlc/waex.html </quote> I did a few searches in W3C mailing lists archives and found that there have been previous attempts at formalised expressions, for example with Schematron by Nick Kew (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-er-ig/2001Nov/0031.html). Also, one of the first comments on the WCAG Last Call Working Draft is also about formalising some of WCAG: see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2006May/0003.html , which also mentions Schematron and Relax NG. Choosing or developing a format for formalised expressions could be the objective of a dedicated group, if there are enough volunteers. Regards, Christophe -- Christophe Strobbe K.U.Leuven - Departement of Electrical Engineering - Research Group on Document Architectures Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - 3001 Leuven-Heverlee - BELGIUM tel: +32 16 32 85 51 http://www.docarch.be/ Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
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