- From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) <skw@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:15:27 +0000
- To: "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>, "public-xhtml2@w3.org" <public-xhtml2@w3.org>, "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
I've been made aware of a typo in my earlier posting. "...HTML to XML conversion..." s/conversion/convergence/ Stuart -- Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England > -----Original Message----- > From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] > On Behalf Of Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) > Sent: 02 June 2008 10:55 > To: www-tag@w3.org > Cc: public-html@w3.org; public-xhtml2@w3.org; wai-xtech@w3.org > Subject: TAG concensus reached on ARIA implementation. > Importance: High > > > At our meeting on 29th May 2008, the TAG reached concenus on > the following statement of its position wrt to the > implementation of ARIA in host languages [1]: > > "The TAG accepts that the most pragmatic short-term approach > for WAI-PF is to go ahead and add attributes into the HTML5 > spec, using names that begin "aria-" in liaison with the > HTML-WG. This in no way endorses the use of the same > attributes with other specs, or any XML specs, nor is this > taken as being a solution for HTML versioning, HTML > modularization, or HTML to XML conversions which are still > open. Distributed extensibility remains an important goal for > languages used on the Web, and for XML languages in > particular. The TAG hopes to work with the community to > strike the right balance between achieving that, and meeting > the practical needs of the HTML community." > > I would like to thank Henry Thompson for leading the TAG's > investigation into the topic and the larger community both > for its participation in the discussion and its patience > whilst we considered our position. > > Best Regards > > Stuart Williams (co-chair) > for and on behalf of the W3C TAG > [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/05/29-minutes#item05 > (unapproved minutes) > -- > Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, > Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN > Registered No: 690597 England
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