> Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:46:12 +0100 > From: Toby A Inkster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uf-discuss] Re: One more shot at accessible hCalendar > To: microformats-discuss@microformats.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > If the problem is 'machine readable dates get read out sometimes' I > > don't see how the data: prefix solves that. > > Screen readers may be configured to read out the title > attribute for <abbr> and <acronym>; perhaps also <a> and > <img>. But they don't automatically read out the contents of > the title attribute in the general case. The title attribute > on <span> or <div> or <table> or <b> or whatever will not be > read out -- data can safely be kept there.
The argument of whether or not screen readers are by default configured to read out title attributes is a bit of a red herring. As long as screen readers *can* be configured to read out title attributes, there is the issue that both human-friendly title attributes (having nothing to do with microformats) and non-human-friendly ISO dates will be exposed by the same setting. Hope this helps, Charles "Chas" Belov SFMTA Webmaster _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
