https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4901
--- Comment #32 from Michael Zajac <[email protected]> 2011-05-18 05:47:31 UTC --- (In reply to comment #30) > if we're going to add metadata like > this to every page, we have to establish a bar higher than "someone might > theoretically want to use it", Lang attributes aren't metadata. They are part of the document structure required for universal access. What number of blind people wanting to read Wikipedia, for example, would you consider a “nontrivial percentage?” I'm sure the comment wasn't meant to trivialize people who require assistive technology by reducing their importance to a statistic, but that's what it amounts to. Identifying natural language changes in a document is a priority 1 checkpoint in WCAG 1.0, is required by the WCAG Samurai Errata, and is required for Level AA conformance in WCAG 2.0. A project that claims “openness” should attempt to meet basic accessibility standards. References: WCAG 1.0 Guideline 4. Clarify natural language use http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#gl-abbreviated-and-foreign WCAG 1.0 HTML Technique 2.1 Identifying changes in language http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#changes-in-lang WCAG Samurai Errata for WCAG 1.0 Guideline 4. Clarify natural-language usage http://wcagsamurai.org/errata/errata.html#GL4 WCAG 2.0 Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable. http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#meaning How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Guideline 3.1.2 Language of Parts http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#qr-meaning-other-lang-id Techniques for WCAG 2.0 H58: Using language attributes to identify changes in the human language http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/H58 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
