- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:59:13 +0000
- To: wai-xtech@w3.org
the following is the latest iteration of PF's request that the index of CSS 2.1 be made WCAG-compliant -- for background, please consult: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2007Dec/0056.html and http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2007Dec/0096.html ---- BEGIN DRAFT RESPONSE (VERSION 2.0) ----- in response to Al's CR comments filed with www-style on the CR draft of CSS 2.1 pertaining to the inaccessibility of the CSS 2.1 index, which is archived at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Dec/0139.html an issue (Issue #21) has been created at: http://csswg.inkedblade.net/spec/css2.1#issue-21 however, the issue as logged with the "Resolution" being "assumed editorial", and the post which points to the CSS 2.1 issues list does NOT include the proposed PF solution to the inaccessibility of the CSS 2.1 index: <q cite="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Dec/0139.html"> A sufficient (and highly recommended) repair technique for this problem can be found in the Techniques document for WCAG 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/C7.html http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20071211/navigation- mechanisms-refs.html which details a repair technique which enables a user to contextualize and fully understand the meaning and target of repetitive hyperlink test. The result would be individualized index items, rather than merely a repetitious and uninformative listing of links by section/chapter number ONLY, thus making it possible for the non-visual user to utilize the index. This repair technique also has the advantage of individualizing each hyperlink when the document's hyperlinks are listed in a list of links, or when one is aurally or tactilely experiencing the index. </q> using the index from the CSS 2.1 PR draft, the repair would involve: 1) the following addition to the document's default stylesheet a span { height: 1px; width: 1px; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; top: -10px; } 2) the following addition to the index markup: <ul class="index"> <li class="tocline0">:active, <a href="selector.html#x35" class="index-def"><span>Definition of the dynamic pseudo-class :active in Section </span><strong>5</strong></a> <li class="tocline0">:after, <a href="generate.html#x5" class="index-def"><span>Definition of the :after pseudo-element in Section </span><strong>12</strong></a>, <a href="selector.html#x67" class="index-def"><span>Inserting generated content using the :after pseudo-element, Section <span><strong>5</strong></a> in investigating this repair, i discovered a disconnect between the hyperlinked text (for example, 1 or 2) and the sections to which they actually point: list item 1: why is the original hyperlink '2'? the selector section is Section 5? list item 2: why is the first original hyperlink '1' when the definition of the :after pseudo-element is in Section 12? why is the second hyperlink text '2', when the pointer takes one to section 5? this makes the index doublely confusing, as there is no explanation of the conventions used in hyperlinking terms to the document ---- END DRAFT RESPONSE (VERSION 2.0) ----- gregory. -------------------------------------------------------------- You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -- Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita: oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus --------------------------------------------------------------
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