- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 22:04:51 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, Rick Jelliffe <ricko@topologi.com>
- Cc: WAI Cross-group list <wai-xtech@w3.org>
At 08:28 PM 2002-07-07, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >Sorry, > >I was trying to explain why there was no clearl conseensus one way or the >other. I thought Al had summmed up neatly one side of the argument, and >wanted to present a skeleton of the other. Well, thank you both for the care with which you read the summary. I have sent it to the comments inbox http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-blueberry-comments/2002Jul/0000.html Al PS: I debated about adding Bliss or fabric care icons to the third point to draw out the access advantages of some neo-ideographs. But I decided to avoid any last minute variations. Bliss and the Unicode precedent are both reasonable things to bring in as we get the opportunity to follow up on the comment. >I am sorry to have been dense. (Fail WCAG 14.1 - write clearly and simply. Do >not pass go...) > >Chaals > >On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Rick Jelliffe wrote: > >> >>Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org> wrote >> >>>> * "no clear cut." >> >>> CMN But that isn't a position the group has agreed on. A thumbs-up character >>> or a smiley face is readable to a lot more people than using a non-zero >>> integer or the keyword "true", although it does present problems that require >>> resolution. But the argument is that absolute restrictions on names in XML >>> 1.1 will not be the best outcome for accessibility. >> >>I am confused (not uncommon!) Al's summary says "The discussion was inconclusive" >>and gives a lot of reasons where unrestricted characters can cause problems, but >>Charles is saying the opposite, that there was a conclusive decision reached that >>unrestricted characters are positively good. >> >>Sorry to be dense, >>Rick Jelliffe >> > >-- >Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +33 4 92 38 78 22 >Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia >(or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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