Thread Subject: Re: Document vs electronic document

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From: Andi Snow-Weaver
Date: Tue, Aug 14 2007 10:15 AM

To address Gregg's concern, I have changed all occurrences of "document" to
"electronic document".

To Peter's concern, what is the objective you're trying to achieve? I don't
think we want to make it so that all text documents will pass. If someone
creates a table in a text file by using a monospaced font, lining things up
in columns, and drawing cell borders with ASCII characters, that should not
pass.

Andi




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Hi Gregg, Andi,

I'm also concerned about how this language would apply to "simple
document formats" (e.g. a '.txt' file). I think we could specify this
for something like a "document content format", which implies a level of
richness and functionality. But not for all documents.

Perhaps if we had a definition of "document" that expressed this
richness, then maybe language like this could work.


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

> In all the provisions that are to apply only to electronic documents –
> we should say so to avoid confusion (and consternation).
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> For example – it is unclear how to do this in printed documents.
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> The human language of each passage or phrase in Web pages or documents
> can be programmatically determined.
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