- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:18:35 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jo Donkin <j.m.donkin@durham.ac.uk>
- cc: Wai-Ig List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Well, I don't think it is taken as read, but it is understood to be important on the Web just as it is elsewhere. There is a checkpoint in the Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines: Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content. http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/wai-pageauth.html#tech-simple-and-straightforward And there is ongoing discussion of this in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines group, as well as some discussion in the tools groups of methods that can be used to check this. cheers Charles McCN On Thu, 17 May 2001, Jo Donkin wrote: Hi Are there any sites or books or papers which contain any information about the effects on accessibility by making language on web sites simpler. For example, less jargon and slang can improve things for those without Eng as a first language, and also those with limited education, the deaf, blind and so on. Is this concept simply taken as read, or are there any studies on it? Any help appreciated. Thanks Jo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Jo Donkin Department of Computer Science Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE 0191 374 2075 j.m.donkin@dur.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.donkin/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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