- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:09:37 -0500 (CDT)
- To: Jon Ferraiolo <jferraio@adobe.com>
- cc: <w3c-svg-wg@w3.org>, <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Jon, 1. Is it possible to author a WCAG compliant document with image maps using PDF? 2. Is the PDF document using SVG as the internal format? 3. Could you send a copy of the document to the working groups for evaluation before the discussion? 4. I would be interested in particpating in the dicussion. Jon Gunderson On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Jon Ferraiolo wrote: > As the SVG and WAI working groups discuss WCAG and UAAG, it can be helpful > to have some sample content to evaluate against. > > Michael Diggles has produced a PDF file with some embedded maps and has > issued a challenge asking how someone might approach making this particular > real-world graphical content accessible. I was wondering if perhaps > volunteers from the SVG and WAI working groups might be willing to do a > conference call with Michael to have him explain the sorts of information > that his maps contain, and then have the WAI team explain the sorts of > accessibility issues that could possible be addressed, and then review > WCAG, UAAG and SVG to see how they measure up. > > Ian, it seems like this sort of a thing might be something which would > interest you. > > Jon > > >X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with version: MH 6.8.3 #10[UCI] > >To: jferraio@adobe.com > >Subject: Is this a Job for SVG? > > > >IN talking with the USGS about accessibility and PDF this morning, there was > >some discussion of the Diggle Challenge. I looked at this file, and there > >are, > >no unexpectedly, some very complex figures. My question for you: is this the > >sort of thing for which SVG could produce an accessible solution? > > > > Loretta > > > >------- Forwarded Message > > > >From: Michael Diggles <mdiggles@usgs.gov> > >Subject: Diggles' PDF with four figures - challenge > >Cc: kkirk@usgs.gov > >X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release > >5.0.7 |March > > 21, 2001) at 07/31/2001 12:18:52 PM, > > Serialize by Router on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.7 > > |March 21, > >2001) at > > 07/31/2001 12:18:59 PM, > > Serialize complete at 07/31/2001 12:18:59 PM > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Content-Length: 2065 > > > >Hi Loretta, > > > >I'm sorry I missed the conference call this morning. I talked to > >Keith Kirk this morning after it and he said you would like to try > >your hand at my "challenge" tagging problem. > > > >Here is my note to the listserve: > > > > >From mkwitter@usgs.gov > > > > > >Is everyone out there still in the state of shock or are we the only > > >District that relies totally on Macs to produce reports? The statement at > > >the end of the second paragraph (see web site below) of the "Guide to > > >making 508-compliant PDF files"..."The Macintosh operating system is > > >incapable of tagging PDF files for accessibility." > > > >I don't see any evidence that Windows machines do a much better job. > > > >Here is a 3-foot-by 4-foot poster with four figures in it. > > > >http://caldera.wr.usgs.gov/InSAR_slo.pdf > > > >I will buy a beer for anybody who can make it accessible other than > >using the strip-the-graphics technique. I use both a Mac and a PC > >and I gave up and made a stripped version and a graphic-containing > >version for between now and when we figure out how to tag PDF's that > >come from the plethora of PostScript-generating applications with > >which we have been making our living for years. I do admit that for > >the version with the graphics stripped out, I moved it from my Mac to > >my PC to use the Make-Accessible plug-in. Just for fun, here is the > >stripped version: it passed the accessibility checker > > > >http://caldera.wr.usgs.gov/InSAR_slo_Accessible.pdf > > > >I guess I'll put a little front-end on these two files that say > >something like "click here for graphic-rich version" and "click here > >for accessible version" > > > >I'd love to have a clean way to do it; so that offer of a beer is open. > > > >- --Mike Diggles > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Michael F. Diggles, Geologist > >Western Publications Group, CD-ROM publications > >Building 3, Room 3-202H > >U.S. Geological Survey, MS-951 > >345 Middlefield Road > >Menlo Park, CA 94025 > > > >Phone: (650) 329-5404 > >Fax, (650) 329-5453 > >mailto:mdiggles@usgs.gov > >http://caldera.wr.usgs.gov > >http://wpg.wr.usgs.gov/ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > >------- End of Forwarded Message >
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