- From: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:54:27 -0500
- To: mark.birbeck@x-port.net
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Or, in other words, @role; its not just for accessibility any more (sm). Mark Birbeck wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > On 29/08/06, Paul Nelson (ATC) <paulnel@winse.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> Shane, >> >> If you are saying that the "role" can be used by anybody for anything >> they want you will effectively generate significant disadvantage for the >> accessible community. A property that needs to be supported by browsers >> and other systems to help the assistive technology tools will be so >> flooded with other uses/misuses that there will be negative impact on >> those who need to rely on that functionality to use web content. >> >> I hope that the meaning of roles remains exactly as it is worded below >> and is not changed to be defined as "all things for all people". > > The key to @role is QNames and their implied expansion to a resource > identifier, and so to the world of RDF. In that sense they can be "all > things to all people", and the disambiguation comes via the taxonomies > that Shane referred to. > > Regards, > > Mark > > -- Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 x120 Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.com
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