- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 13:36:48 -0400
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- CC: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org
Jon Gunderson wrote: > > David, > > I think your concern is that some developers may provide a source view and > say that it is the accessible view of the document, especially for making > alternative equivalents available to the user. We have a requirement that > all viewports be accessible and that alternative equivalents be available > through any view that shows primary content. So even through they may > provide a source view, they need to make other views accessible to conform > to the UAAG. We do not have a requirement that "all viewports must be accessible". We have checkpoints that ensure the accessibility of viewports. - Ian > Jon > > At 11:50 AM 5/1/00 -0400, David Poehlman wrote: > >I am concerned about the possible result of the following where the source > >view is actually used? > >begin quoted portion: > > > Note on 2.1a: > > > 1) The combination of views offered by a user agent must provide access to > > > all author supplied resources. A source view is typically one of the views > > > offered by a user agent, but is not a requirement for satisfying this > > > checkpoint if resource information is available in the combination of other > > > views. > >end of quoted portion > > > >with each if there must be an else and even tough a source view would be > >something if there were nothing else hence the else, I wouldn't call it > >meeting any requirement under any circumstances. I know we are trying hard > >to isolate it out here and I am aware of some of the possible benefits of a > >source view but for me it has no place in accessability. I am also aware > >that we don't want not to be able to get at the source view if for some > >reason we want or need to access it and that the rule of not hiding anything > >that should not be hidden should be followed. I just get the sense here > >that if one wishes, they can feel comfortable providing a source view > >because they don't feel like providing other views or alternatives. a > >source view is one view it does not stand alone and cannot stand alone as an > >accessable one. > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP > Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology > Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group > Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services > College of Applied Life Studies > University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign > 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > Fax: (217) 333-0248 > > E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu > > WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund > WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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