Thread Subject: Re: Suggestion for re-wording of Item #4 ofthe Content proposal

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From: Loretta Guarino Reid
Date: Wed, Apr 18 2007 11:45 AM


Does this mean it wouldn't matter if form fields are also in the logical
linear reading order? Or are they considered text or graphics?

Loretta

On 4/18/07, Peter Korn < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I took the action from last week to propose updated language for
> provision #4 of the Content proposal (at
> http://teitac.org/wiki/Web_and_Software:_Content_Format_Proposal). I
> propose that we simplify this provision to:
>
> "When a content format contains text and/or multiple graphics, an
> encoding mechanism shall be provided to indicate the logical linear
> reading order of that text and/or graphics."
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Korn
> Accessibility Architect,
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>


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