- From: Geoff Deering <gdeering@acslink.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:10:35 +1000
- To: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>, "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@sidar.org>
- Cc: "WAI-IG" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> From: david poehlman > > I might possit this: > > The plan as I see it maps out the purposes and uses of the > technologies. It > is not fitting for all technologies to work together seamlesly since some > technologies serve specific purposes which have nothing to do > with the other > technologies. There are some technologies that cut across the > entire domain > and yes, they need to work across the domain. There are some technologies > which need to opperate in different environments and they need to do that. > The trick seems to be to make certain that the plan is clear and > understandable so that the highest interoperability and > accessibility can be > achieved. > > Johnnie Apple Seed > Thanks, and yes, this is what any reasonable person would expect to be the case, but there still needs to be a set of documents that clearly detail this vision, otherwise it's just spin and techno babble. A large organisation like the W3C can't just say; "Trust us, we know what we are doing", they need to clearly state the how whens and whys or what each technology is designed to address. Don't you feel that one of the problems with technology in general is that often many technologies are not used correctly because of misunderstanding and misapplication? This to me is one of the strong undercurrent themes in WAI. We have had to spend so much time educating users as to the correct application of web technologies and their benefits and the downfalls of misapplication. Without roadmaps of clear vision, even the best intentioned applications may be misguided. You only have to take a look at the evolution of HTML from the W3C side and see that there was a lot of stumbling around in the dark, and not learning from previous lessons. I would say the same is true in content management systems. Regards Geoff Deering
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