Re: (Action) Issue 370: Proposed rewording for checkpoint 7.6 (and Note)

Jon Gunderson wrote:
> 
> Ian,
> This is probably the best we can do on this important issue of defining
> important elements at this time. 

Does this mean that you support the new proposal?

 -Ian

> I think one of the biggest challenges
> facing the W3C is improving semantic information of markup that can be used
> for identifying important elements for navigation.
> 
> Jon
> 
> At 10:22 PM 1/5/2001 -0500, Ian Jacobs wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >At the AOL ftf meeting, Al and I got an action item for issue
> >370 [1] to propose new wording for checkpoint 7.6 to clarify
> >that we are not asking authors to mark up "important elements"
> >specially, and that which elements are important is part of
> >the format itself. Please consider the following proposal
> >(which I believe is editorial). Here is the relevant
> >excerpt from the 29 December draft [2]:
> >
> ><OLD>
> >7.6 Allow the user to navigate efficiently to and among
> >important structural elements identified by the author.
> >Allow forward and backward sequential navigation to important
> >structural elements.
> >    Note: This specification intentionally does not
> >    identify the set of "important elements" that must be
> >    navigable; refer to the Techniques document [UAAG10-TECHS]
> >    for information about identifying important elements
> ></OLD>
> >
> >For some previous discussion on identification of
> >"important elements", refer to this 28 August 2000 email
> >from Al [3]. In that email, Al expressed opposition to
> >relying on element type alone as the determining factor
> >for establishing an element as important. The following
> >checkpoint is simpler, but the Note more complete. It
> >draws on some of the points raised by Al in his email.
> >
> ><NEW>
> >7.6 Allow the user to navigate efficiently to and among
> >important structural elements
> >    Note: This specification intentionally does not
> >    identify which "important elements" must be
> >    navigable as this will vary according to markup
> >    language. What constitutes "efficient navigation"
> >    may depend on a number of factors as well, including
> >    the "shape" of content (e.g., serial navigation
> >    of long lists is not efficient) and desired granularity
> >    (e.g., among tables, then among the cells of a given
> >    table). Refer to the Techniques document [UAAG10-TECHS]
> >    for information about identifying and navigating
> >    important elements.
> ></NEW>
> >
> >  - Ian
> >
> >[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2000/11/minutes-20001116#issue-370
> >[2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20001229/
> >[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000JulSep/0312.html

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