Thread Subject: Re: Definition of Web Content

From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Tue, Jun 26 2007 7:10 AM

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So the key to being web content is being rendered by or communicating
with a tool that also renders HTML? The Flash player renders some HTML,
so I guess that makes all Flash content web content... :)

AWK

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of Hoffman, Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:00 AM
> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Definition of Web Content
>
> I concur.
> Previously I was just attempting to at a minimum nail down to
> as much precision as possible, what we generally do mean by
> "web" content.
>
> Maybe web content is:
>
> Content interpreted by a user-agent which also interprets
> HTML, including content interpreted and presented to the user
> by plug-ins seamlessly.
>
> Conversely:
>
> Non-web content is:
>
> Content that is interpreted and presented to the user by
> applications which do not also interpret HTML, excluding
> plug-ins which do interpret HTML and present it seamlessly.
>
>
> I'd like to propose these two as items for consideration to
> help get our lines right if web/software are to be kept
> separated, but would agree with Andrew that I'm not convinced
> it makes technical or applicability sense to do so.
>
>
>
>
> Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:51 AM
> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Definition of Web Content
>
> No, I don't. There will always be hairs to split,
> particularly between these two sections. I don't think that
> keeping them apart makes sense.
>
> AWK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Hoffman, Allen
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:43 AM
> > To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> > Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Definition of Web Content
> >
> > I was not aware of that difference, but I suppose either we
> can figure
>
> > out a way to work through that oddity, or just say, yeah,
> that's how
> > it is do to architecture. Do you have a suggestion of how
> to better
> > address these two architectures?
> >
> >
> >
> > Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of
> > Andrew Kirkpatrick
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:34 AM
> > To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> > Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Definition of Web Content
> >
> > You said that pdf wasn't because it was shown in a plugin.
> > The same is true of svg in ie, but not in firefox.
> > Awk
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Andrew Kirkpatrick
> >
> > Corporate Accessibility Engineering Lead
> >
> > Adobe Systems
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hoffman, Allen [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 05:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
> > To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> > Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Definition of Web Content
> >
> > I think you and i are wrestling with the same questions and
> problems
> > Andrew.
> >
> > I'm not sure why something "SVG" presented in IE would be different
> > than in FireFox, from my earlier definition perspective, since both
> > also interpret HTML. I too am trying to convince myself of the
> > rationale for not merging web/software. I view "web" as
> requirements
> > for coding primarily HTML items, which is a subset of other
> software
> > and content coding systems. This is why I keep raising my question
> > like "why is this restricted to "web"? Web and software
> are merging
> > so quickly now that if we are to have a line, rather than simply
> > clearly defined requirements and applicability, then we need to
> > clearly draw the line so people can figure it out.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
> >
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