Re: Clarification on COGA technique for Identify Purpose

EA Draffan wrote:
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> Is this where someone could programmatically personalise pages with 
> icons that help better meet the needs of user?
>
Yup, that's it.
>
> For instance if someone had an icon or symbol for 'help' and it could 
> automatically be offered in a way that better suited the required 
> concept and their language. 
> https://globalsymbols.com/symbolsets/arasaac/symbols/14057
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Great! Very helpful EA :-)
>
> (This is a very very beta version of linking open Augmentative and 
> Alternative Communication symbol sets - the search and filtering is 
> waiting to be improved if we get more funds!)
>
Bon chance, thanks.

Josh

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> *From:*Joshue O Connor - InterAccess [mailto:josh@interaccess.ie]
> *Sent:* 18 January 2019 10:49
> *To:* WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Clarification on COGA technique for Identify Purpose
>
> Hi all,
>
> In the Examples section of the success criterion 'Identify Purpose' - 
> it is suggested that the 'The links in the navigation of a website are 
> marked-up so that users can add their own icons' but seems to be no 
> steer on how this is done. [1]
>
> Does it imply the use of some other semantic that describes the 
> container widget of the links? Or a role for the links themselves? If 
> native HTML semantics are not sufficient its seems to be there should 
> be an explanation of why.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/identify-purpose.html 
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