- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 02:21:41 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Tyler Kendall <tyler_kendall@ncsu.edu>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
If it is really tree-like information, then XML is an ideal way to encode it. You might like to use SVG to provide pictures and words together, in a way that can use CSS to present the thing in a text view. An example of this (but for a diagram of a network) is provide in the Note Accessibilty Features of SVG - http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG-access Or you might provide an XSLT transformation to produce HTML output. I haven't done one of those yet, although it is on my "to-do" list. cheers Charles McCN On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Tyler Kendall wrote: Hello all, Recently, I was asked to come up with an accessible way to provide my organization's 'org chart' on-line. Traditionally, these charts have been put in PDF format, but (obviously) that poses barriers to some users. I've whipped up a simplified (and fictional) version of what came to mind and would love some feedback (either off-list or on) on the effectiveness of this solution. Any advice on better ways to do this would also be appreciated. The page is: http://www.ncsu.edu/it/dss/webaccess/sample_org_chart.html This question, I think, is bigger than just org charts. Perhaps a broader way to phrase it is: How do you best linearize tree-like information? Thanks in advance! --tyler -- Tyler Kendall Web Accessibility Specialist North Carolina State University Voice: 919-513-4087 Fax: 919-513-1893 Email: tyler_kendall@ncsu.edu -- 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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