Thread Subject: Re: Authoring Tools

From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Tue, Apr 17 2007 1:20 PM

• Return to this mailing list's archives
• View all messages in this thread
• Next message in thread: David Poehlman: "Re: Authoring Tools"
• Previous message in thread: Andi Snow-Weaver: "Re: Authoring Tools"
• Messages sorted by: Author | Thread | Date

These all sound like great ideas, lets consider them, however, from a
more open "authoring tool" perspective than "web authoring" perspective
as the WAI is rightfully doing. I don't think we really want to
advocate for more than a single authoring tool provision that applies to
web, then to other things. I could be wrong but i doubt we'll get
multiple authoring tool provisions for various types figured out.

Let me try and rephrase what i read in these concepts, and maybe we can
fill in what I am missing.


1. Authoring tools (or interoperable components) shall provide the
capacity to programmatically prompt authors for alternative accessible
attributes of content elements including tables, form fields, graphics,
etc.

2. When authoring tools or interoperable components provide content
templates , fully accessible selections shall be available for authors
use.

3. Authoring tools or interoperable components shall identify formats
which meet minimum accessibility format requirements when such format
selections are available to the end-user during file selection or save
file format selections.





Allen Hoffman -- 202-447-0303

-----Original Message-----
From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Andi
Snow-Weaver
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:39 PM
To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Authoring Tools


Some thoughts from Katie on authoring tool features from ATAG [1] that
would facilitate the creation of accessible content:

1. User prompts for accessible alternatives 2. User prompts for
accessible document/content types (on save?)] 3. Providing a myraid of
accessible-only CSS (XSLT, or whatever) pre-authored (pre-loaded)
stylesheets for authors to be prompted to choose from.
4. Providing a myraid of accessible-only tables, frames, skip navs, etc.
for authors to be prompted to choose from (when choosing to include
those
items) in their content.

We should consider these in our discussion around authoring tools.,

[1] W3C WAI Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/

Andi

• Next message in Thread: David Poehlman: "Re: Authoring Tools"
• Previous message in Thread: Andi Snow-Weaver: "Re: Authoring Tools"