Re: Proposal for Checkpoint 2.1

pjenkins@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Phill wrote:
> > 1. Alternative ... primary content
> >      we are not asking for alternative to attributes are we?? - of course
> > not.
> 
> Ian wrote:
> >I don't understand your statement.
> 
> If we define content to include attributes, then the statement:
> > 1. Alternative equivalents should be available through the User Interface
> > in place of or in conjunction with primary content
> 
> would also mean "alternative equivalents to attributes should be available
> through the User Interface in place of or in conjunction with the primary
> attributes" - which no longer makes sense.   I was just substituting the
> word "attribute" for the word "content", since attribute is currently part
> of the definition of content.  If attribute we NOT part of the definition,
> then I couldn't substitute the words.  My point being that when I
> substitute the word "attribute" for the word "content", many of our
> statements no longer make sense - hence my request to delete attributes
> from the definition of content.

I don't think the straightforward substitution works because it
necessarily excludes other pieces of the puzzle. Access to equivalents
means equivalents however they are specified: by attribute values (alt),
by reference (longdesc), in content (OBJECT), in HTTP headers, etc.
Choosing one piece without the others is likely to lead to some
incomplete statements.

 - Ian

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Received on Monday, 1 May 2000 20:23:13 UTC