> -----Original Message----- > From: Vlad Alexander (XStandard) > > Hi Geoff, > > >>But still it is no guarantee to maintain the sites > >>standards compliance when you hand it over to the client > > Actually, we are working hard to address this specific issue. Check out > http://xstandard.com > > Regards, > -Vlad > XStandard Development Team > XHTML Strict / 1.1 WYSIWYG Editor
Yes, this is good, and many CMS's have similar editors built in; Cocoon/Lenya and Plone. But one still has to sign off to customer explicitly stating that if they meddle with the code your warranty of standards compliance and accessibility is then void. The other problem is contracts specifically specifying that they must comply with ATAG. I have not seen one yet, but I am sure it is coming, especially in government contracts. Unfortunately, from the developers side, ATAG is a rather naive document, I would never sign a contract that references ATAG compliance. Why, because all web based authoring tools must comply with WCAG1 P1. Show me one decent one that works with scripting turned off? Does xstandard meet this requirement? I think this is a reasonable accessibility request for web sites, but to deny the type of authoring environments via web forms that only scripting can deliver, is putting an almost impossible criteria on this type of authoring environment. It would mean you could only do simple processing of text like wrapping <p> around line breaks. If you don't think this is an issue, I have been in situations where I have had to comply to the letter of the specifications, and in some cases write detailed explanations of our code referencing a series of templates and show that that code on deliverable, is standard and accessible. And I wouldn't be so naive as to believe that no one will ever sue you for the holes in ATAG. It will happen if ATAG is not cleaned up and clarified. Geoff ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
