alastair campbell wrote: >Does the HTML working group have to take into account accessibility guidelines?
>What I mean is, does it have to make alt mandatory because WCAG (any >version) does? I asked around and got some answers that may answer your question: Charles McCathieNevile wrote: The answer to the question is that it has to satisfy WAI that its approach to accessibility is reasonable and practical. As a sometime WAI member I will be arguing that WAI is unlikely to accept anything that is a step backwards from alt, and while it is possible to improve it the volume of existing content and of existing guidance to use it means that it must be supported even if there is a better approach proposed to replace it in the future (like the case of img and object...) Laura Carlson wrote: The charter does say: "The HTML Working Group will cooperate with the Web Accessibility Initiative to ensure that the deliverables will satisfy accessibility requirements. Coordination with WAI will be primarily conducted through the Protocol and Formats Working Group, but direct coordination with other WAI groups, such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, will also be done when appropriate." http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#wai ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
