Re: Metadata and Checkpoint 13.2

Emmanuelle Gutierrez suggested to me offline that navigation data is 
important (the link rel="index" kind of stuff).

I agree - particularly for accessibility because it provides for a 
standard interface in some of the same ways as accesskey (and is widely 
implemented in browsers).

cheers

Chaals

On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 08:26 Europe/Zurich, Matthew Smith wrote:

>
> Hi All
>
> Can anyone give me an indication of what metadata is actually 
> essential for accessibility as opposed to merely desirable?  
> (Checkpoint 13.2 - 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-use-metadata )
>
> As regards the actual format, should I use Dublin Core?  I've had a 
> look over RDF ( http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/ ) which looks 
> great if one is working in pure XML, which I'm not.  (I am using 
> XHTML, but served as text/html for compatibility with XML-unaware 
> browsers.)
>
> My current application is a community directory ( 
> http://www.community-connect.net ); all pages are generated 
> on-the-fly.  Should I on, say, the search page, produce the same 
> metadata whether I am displaying the default page, a shortlist or the 
> final record, or should I produce different metadata for each?
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> -- 
> Matthew Smith
> Kadina Business Consultancy
> South Australia
> http://www.kbc.net.au
>
>
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Received on Monday, 30 June 2003 10:35:45 UTC