- From: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:06:05 +0100
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-pf@w3.org, www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>, process-issues@w3.org, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>, public-svg-ig@w3.org
- Message-Id: <DB08199F-E8E5-4B86-AC2E-50F63B7A55D0@btinternet.com>
Doug, as per the formal objection to WCAG2 I wish to make it clear that as far as I am aware ARIA, WCAG, SVG and HTML, in common with other W3CWGs, continue to fail to involve end users in their process. The results are web technologies that suit guilds of web designers and their corporations, but do little to enable the general person on the Clapham Omnibus who wishes to publish independently. I have repeatedly asked the SVGWG to consider creating a microformat. One that could be more easily implemented allowing the creation of an authoring tool that produced accessible files. Inkscape after a decade of development still has no check on whether a primary title is included, though the spec. suggests every file should have one. There are amazingly few files with titles in the wild, early this year, a grep check on openclipart, suggests there may be 0.08% or about 6 out of 7000. The W3C validator performs no check on whether a title is present. It remains the case that easy to use authoring software is hard to find. A request to the Oatsoft open source assistive technology software archive produced no results. ARIA does nothing to address this imbalance, it is merely another layer of complexity, requiring implementation. Whilst it may be true that the original html specifications led to a vicious cycle of bloating user agents, poor code and many ugly sites, the fact remains that end-users were engaged. I have also repeatedly asked the W3C management team to consider the need to include end-users in the specification process. It remains to be seen whether the SVGIG is an attempt to meet this request. regards the formal objection to WCAG2 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2006Jun/0118.html "Putting the User at the Heart of the W3C Process" a talk given at the CETIS Accessibility SIG Meeting 24th July 2007 http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Putting_the_User_at_the_Heart_of_the_W3C_Process Full Potential: Who's counting? 10 October 2007 process-issues@w3.org members only?? attached easy to use authoring software http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/oats-sig/2008-February/001279.html Oatsoft open source assistive technology software archive http://www.oatsoft.org/ Authors should always provide a 'title' child element to the outermost 'svg' element within a stand-alone SVG document. http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DescriptionAndTitleElements W3C Validator: SVG: title & accessibility http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2008Apr/0000.html Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetwynd@btinternet.com http://www.openicon.org/ +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 Full Potential: Who's counting? Ian, Who is tasked with measuring and reporting on how or indeed whether W3C is fulfilling it's stated objective? Is this an external and independent body? Where are their reports published? regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet http://www.w3.org/1998/02/Potential.html The first phase of the Web is human communication though shared knowledge. The Consortium exists as a place for those companies for whom the Web is essential to meet and agree on the common underpinnings that will allow everyone to go forward. http://www.w3.org/ The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/org.html#public W3C Members include vendors of technology products and services, content providers, corporate users, research laboratories, standards bodies, and governments, all of whom work to reach consensus on a direction for the Web. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Points/ W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential, which it does by developing technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) that will create a forum for information, commerce, inspiration, independent thought, and collective understanding. Today this universe benefits society by enabling new forms of human communication and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C's primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental ability.
Received on Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:06:48 UTC