Re: Updated SVG comments document

At 1:25 PM -0600 11/24/04, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>I have updated the WAI SVG 1.2 comments document to add
>sections on benefits to people with disabilities. Comments or
>edits can be sent to the list.
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>http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2004-11-wai-comments-svg12.html

Here are the local-edit suggestions that I promised in an earlier mail.

<quote>
Gray Scale Viewing Option:
      Colors are converted to a grayscale values;
      Colors with the same luminosity need to adjusted to make them
          distinguishable as gray scale.
</quote>

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class="proposed to">

<html>

<dl>

<dt>Gray Scale Viewing Option:</dt>
   <dd>Colors are converted to shades of gray.<dd>

</dl>

<p>
The author should, if they can, change colors that appear as the same
shade of gray under this trasform.
</p>

<p>
All authors should be afforded  the capability to readily make this check.
</p>

</html>

</change>

<comment>

The existing wording, read quickly,can sound as if the gray scale
compositing option would be expected to make the necessary changes.

I don't think that's what you meant.

</comment>

<quote>

Device Independence and Keyboard

</quote>

<comment>

We have been doing work on generic approaches to these issues in the
context of the roadmap.  I have tickled Rich to see if there is something
more specific we should say here.

</comment>

<quote>

Add new section in Section 10 Rendering Model related to accessibility:
      Describe disabilities benefited by these features;
      Allow users to define a compositing operation be applied to the
         text element of an SVG document;
      Allow users to define a compositing operation be applied to the
         entire SVG document.

</quote>

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Add new section in Section 10 Rendering Model related to accessibility:
      Describe disabilities benefited by these features;
      Allow users to designate a compositing operation be applied to the
         text element of an SVG document;
      Allow users to designate a compositing operation be applied to the
         entire SVG document.



</change>

<comment>

in brief s/define/designate

I don't think the present text says what you mean.

I think you mean that the player will afford the user a view-control
dialog by which the user can designate [synonym: select] a
compositing operation to be applied.  I don't think that you mean the
user should be able to expect the player to apply a user-defined
compositing operation that isn't already defined in the format specification.

</comment>


<quote>

For authors to verify the text descriptions and structural
information is correct they need to be able to view the structure and
text descriptions in a "text only" view of the svg resource.

</quote>

<change
class="proposed">

<from>

... they need to be able to ...

</from>

<to>

... it is very helpful if they can ...

</to>

</change>

<comment>

I can't quite concur with saying a text-only view is required for the
author to get it right.

The real question I would pose to the authors is:

"If you had to summarize this scene in terms of at most five-to-nine
parts, what would those parts be [verbal title; verbal description;
graphic scope by select-and-group]? What are the key relationships
among those parts [sentence or RDF triple per relationship [refine ad
lib]]? [Repeat for parts of those parts until the plot is clear.]"

The point I get hung up on is that the conceptual content the author
and eyes-free visitor share are described by a topological graph of
entities, attributes and relationships. Removing all graphics,
particularly the graphic arrangement, is actually counter-productive
for the purpose of getting the author to verbalize the notions involved.
Better to verbalize the notions of the objects and their
relationships in the actual topology of the layout, as opposed to
some linearization that hides the graph structure.

</comment>


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