- From: WBS Mailer on behalf of oedipus@hicom.net <webmaster@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:17:02 +0000
- To: oedipus@hicom.net,www-archive@w3.org
The following answers have been successfully submitted to 'ISSUE-90: Removing the figure Element - Straw Poll for Objections' (HTML Working Group) for Gregory Rosmaita. --------------------------------- Objections to the Change Proposal to Remove the figure Element ---- We have a Change Proposal to remove the figure element. If you have strong objections to adopting this Change Proposal, please state your objections below. Keep in mind, you must actually state an objection, not merely cite someone else. If you feel that your objection has already been adequately addressed by someone else, then it is not necessary to repeat it. Objections: i am not opposed to FIGURE providing a containing element for multiple images that combine to produce a single narrative whole, as follows: <FIGURE> <LEGEND>Three Stages in the Life Cycle of a Frog</LEGEND> <IMG src="frog-lc1" alt="Egg"> <IMG src="frog-lc2" alt="Tadpole"> <IMG src="frog-lc3" alt="Fully Grown Frog"> </FIGURE> in the above example, the FIGURE contains the 3 individual pieces of the overall illustration, all of which are described by the LEGEND (as in the FIELDSET/LEGEND/LABEL model familiar from forms in HTML4x); this provides a stronger native binding for these page elements than would exist if FIGURE were removed. one thing in the change proposal with which i strongly disagree is the assertion that MathML is a graphical markup language -- The change proposal at http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removefigure makes several references to content that the author believes should be contained in a FIGURE element, if such an element is to be retained, listing MathML as appropriate content for a FIGURE element. MathML is not a graphical markup language, such as SVG, but a semantically-based XML-dialect which can be represented in a specific stylized means -- that is, as a mathematical expression -- but a mathematical expression is not a graphic, but a convention for expressing mathematical functions. MathML provides a modality neutral means of expressing mathematical functions so that they can be rendered in the modality that makes most sense/is most usable for a particular user. Note, as well, that the ARIA role value "math" descends from text, not a graphical representation of the mathematical expression. --------------------------------- Objections to the Change Proposal to Keep New Elements and Attributes ---- We have a Change Proposal to keep several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls. If you have strong objections to adopting this Change Proposal specifically with respect to the figure element, please state your objections below. Keep in mind, you must actually state an objection, not merely cite someone else. If you feel that your objection has already been adequately addressed by someone else, then it is not necessary to repeat it. Objections: These answers were last modified on 18 May 2010 at 22:16:29 U.T.C. by Gregory Rosmaita Answers to this questionnaire can be set and changed at http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-90-objection-poll/ until 2010-05-19. Regards, The Automatic WBS Mailer
Received on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:17:03 UTC