- From: david poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:36:31 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "Phill Jenkins" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
The problem with an html standard for textual information such as that conveyed in newsletters adopting these standards even if they are on the web is that Of I want to send the newsletter to someone or I want the standard preserved as well as adding html, My options shrink for viewable applications. As it currently stands, the text standard is fully backward compatible and harmonic with the intent of its delivery and content. Whether I agree with the standard or not, I acknowledge that we need a text standard. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phill Jenkins" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: Re: Text email newsletter standard This Text E-Mail Newsletter (TEN) [note 1]so called standard seems to be used as a format for web pages as well. And more interestingly it is in direct conflict with the latest draft of WCAG 2.0's [note 2] requirement 1.3 to not allow flat unstructured text. See http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#content-structure-separation Level 1 Success Criteria, which basically says that there can be no flat text, but that, for example, paragraphs, lists, and headings must be identified programmatically in the mark-up. Personally, I believe that flat text is sufficient and that the level 1 requirement in the WCAG 2.0 draft is too high of a priority. Surely flat unstructured text has been used successfully by users with disabilities for a long time. Even the WAI e-mail list archives would not comply and they are perfectly usable as they are. However, I agree that structured text with HTML markup for lists, headings, paragraphs, etc. are better than a new plain text standard such as TEN. In other words, newsletters could (level 2 requirement) also be available in HTML format instead of just flat text content - no need for new sudo mark-up conventions such as TEN. Regards, Phill Jenkins note 1 http://www.headstar.com/ten/ note 2 latest WCAG 2.0 draft http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
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