- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:50:38 -0500
- To: WAU-ua <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
results of Cathy and Jim collaboration for Action Items 1 & 2 below "Programmatically Determined" is a user agent function. the language in checkpoints seems to point more at what a UA should do rather than what the author should do or provide. the following checkpoints were at issue 1.3.1 1.3.3 1.3.4 2.4.8 3.1.1 3.1.2 4.1.2 and 4.1.1 ("parsed unambiguously") it seems that WCAG is really means by saying "programmatically determined" in the above checkpoints... is that authors should write/provide (content, data, text, whatever) using technology specific accessibility techniques. the author creates content using specific technologies (defined in a baseline). These technologies each have (or should have) specific accessibility techniques, features, and requirements. The content creator can only follow the requirements and techniques of the baseline technology. The author can only assume/hope that the UA will render the content accessibly. It is up to the UA to programmatically determine what to do with the content; or to parse the author supplied content unambiguously. will discuss more on the call. 1. ACTION: CL to find problematic instances of "programmatically determined" or other user agent assumptions [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/05/11-ua-minutes.html#action01] 2. ACTION: JA to Help CL to do formulate re-phrasing. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/05/11-ua-minutes.html#action02]
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