- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 07:49:39 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
More comments from Steven Pemberton: Steven Pemberton wrote: > > In case you didn't see this. > > Steven > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Masayasu Ishikawa <mimasa@w3.org> > To: <w3c-html-wg@w3.org> > Cc: <w3c-i18n-ig@w3.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: Last call for User agent accessibility guidelines > > > [ Cc'd to the I18N IG list ] > > > > "Steven Pemberton" <Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl> wrote: > > > > > I have reviewed the accessibility guidelines and find no show stoppers. > On > > > going to Recommendation the reference to HTML 4.0 can be updated to > 4.01. > > > > > > Anyone else with any comments? > > > > Well, I have a small concern about checkpoint 2.3 [1]. Checkpoint 2.3 > > says: > > > > 2.3 Render content according to natural language identification. > > [Priority 1] > > Natural language may be identified by markup (e.g., the "lang" > > attribute in HTML [HTML40] or "xml:lang" in [XML]) or HTTP > > headers. Refer also to checkpoint 2.9 and checkpoint 5.3. > > > > Of course I'm very happy to recommend this, but since this checkpoint > > is rated as Priority 1, which means user agents MUST satisfy this, > > I'm wondering to what extent this guideline must be satisfied. > > > > As an I18N WG member, I do understand this is highly desirable, but > > at the same time, I understand this is not so easy in reality. For > > example, I don't think we can require voice browsers to support > > speech dictionaries for *ALL* languages around the world. Actually > > checkpoint 2.9 [2] says: > > > > 2.9 For identified but unsupported natural languages, notify the user > > of language changes when configured to do so. [Priority 3] > > > > So it seems to be assumed that there are cases when languages are > > identified but not supported by the user agent. Then, when a user > > agent can render English content properly according to natural language > > identification (e.g. xml:lang="en") but doesn't support any other > > languages - does this user agent satisfy checkpoint 2.3? > > > > [1] > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-19991105/#tech-render-natural-lan > guage > > [2] > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-19991105/#tech-notify-natural-lan > guage > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Masayasu Ishikawa / mimasa@w3.org > > W3C - World Wide Web Consortium > > > > -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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