- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:15:44 -0500
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- CC: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, WAI UA group <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Jon Gunderson wrote: > > JRG response to CMN: > 6.2.3 (9 March 1999 WD) already states a feature for navigating the > document tree, so it is already there. > > We need 6.2.2 since many users do not know what a document tree is and it > provides a simple function for reading the entire content of the document. > While it may be considered inefficient, it is also an easy on ramp to the > WWW for new or less skilled users. > > No one checkpoint will solve all of a users needs. We need both types of > checkpoints. I agree with Charles here: the goal is to navigate semantic chunks. One technique is to allow people to navigate the document tree. There might be others. I like Charles' idea and support making 6.2.3 a Technique for it. - Ian > At 03:18 PM 3/11/99 -0500, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > >I would prefer to rewrite 6.2.2, currently allow the user to view a > >document outline so that is allowed navigation of the semantic document > >tree structure - ie headers, paragraphs, lists, etc. > > > >I have assumed that this is primarily a concern for HTML and that > >well-written XML schemata will not have the same split between the > >semantic and the syntactic structures. Which could well be wrong. -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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