- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 11:18:12 -0500
- To: "T. V. Raman" <ramantv@earthlink.net>
- CC: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
"T. V. Raman" wrote: > >> Also, the following > >> statement --which appears numerous times-- makes no sense to me: > > > > o Links to definitions are highlighted through the use of style sheets. [snip] > I understand all that --however I still maintain that > reading "we highlight x by using stylesheets" > is distracting and confusing in the prose. I will remove the sentences and add some aural style sheets to emphasize the semantics. > >> 5.6 > >> > > User agents should export these interfaces using available operating system conventions. Note. > > The DOM Level 1 specification states that "DOM applications may provide additional interfaces > > and objects not found in this specification and still be considered DOM compliant." > > > > Why should the operating system be involved in the DOM? > > Ian> Because the DOM doesn't specify how the interfaces > Ian> it specifies are actually exported for use. For > Ian> example, on a Windows platform, COM or CORBA may be > Ian> the conventional ways of getting at the DOM > Ian> interfaces. > > I dont know. Still smells of entangling things into the OS > that dont belong there. Issue 114 [1] on our issues list is about APIs, so I think we'll be discussing requirements more at the face-to-face. Thank you, - Ian [1] http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#114 -- 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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