- From: Graham Oliver <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:47:30 +0100 (BST)
- To: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi David Clearly I am not up to speed on this issue, is there anything on the web that you could point me to that would allow me to increase my knowledge. (I had a look at the W3C Semantics site but I can't get anything our of it). Preferably short and 'low level'. I am also lost when you say 'your mail program is using MIME header encoding on your name when there are no characters in that require it.' I am using Yahoo Email, is what it is doing inaccessible? If so, I would like to try and fix it. Cheers Graham Oliver --- David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > document is sound. It also lets the user agent > know > > where to look for semantics if it needs to.' > > Recognize headings, paragraphs, list items as such, > rather > than just as formatting effects. It basically means > use the > language as intended, not just for visual effect. > > > and also if this ability to 'look for semantics' > is > > used in any current 'User Agents'. > > IE4+ and NS6 use them whenever the user supplies a > style sheet. > > Amaya (browser editor) and html2ps (print convertor) > rely on correct > semantic use of Hn to generate tables of contents > (for the use of this in > html2ps, look at the PDF version of the HTML 4.01 or > CSS2 specfications). > > D J Delorie claims that some search engines rely on > semantically correct > use of Hn to construct an outline of the document, > rather than using initial > lines, or meta elements. > > When one extends to XML, correct semantics allows > documents to be machine > processed. > > Any non-pixel oriented browser, e.g. Lynx, or, in > principle, screen readers, > requires correct semantics to render a document > recognisably (sometimes they > can approximate, but not always). > > Although I don't know if it is done in practice, > correct use of TH, > etc., allows non-visual browsers that follow the > guidelines in the HTML > specification to render tables understandably. > > What could be done with Hn and lists is to provide a > folded view of the > document (c.f. Word outline mode). For Hn this > requires proper nesting, > as required by ISO HTML. > > PS your mail program is using MIME header encoding > on your name when there > are no characters in that require it. > ===== <Start Signature> 'Making on-line information accessible' Email: graham_oliver@yahoo.com Phone: 64-9-360-1261 <End Signature> ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
Received on Sunday, 29 April 2001 06:47:36 UTC