[xtm-wg] XTM 1.0 Spec Accessibility Features

[Murray Altheim <murray.altheim@eng.sun.com>]

Other title of this message: Documentation of UML Diagrams

Ann,

I've decided to try to out-do the W3C in their Web Accessibility Initiative,
since few of their own documents are particularly accessible to the 
handicapped. In going through the WAI guidelines, we've met "Triple-A"
conformance so far as I can ascertain. We do need to provide some help
for our UML diagrams, though.

Since we only have nine diagrams, I've made what are called d-links,
which are small 'd's to the bottom right of each graphic. (This is a
feature touted by the WAI community, not something I've made up.) 
Additionally, there is a 'longdesc' attribute on each graphic. Both 
point to a new document that provides textual descriptions of the UML
diagrams, plus a general description of the structure and navigation
features of our spec. The descriptions of the UML diagrams aren't meant
to reiterate the text, they merely describe the UML itself, ie., what 
someone would understand, say, if they called you on the phone and
were asked "what do you see there?"

This is where I'm asking you, and potentially anyone else who took part
in the CMS group, to come up with short texts in this regard. This 
shouldn't be particularly difficult, since this doesn't require an 
understanding of what the diagrams *means*, simply what the UML *looks
like*. Just a short bit.

This is a supplement to the 1.0 specification, so it doesn't have to
be done by our deadline. I've already provided the text of the UML
captions, which is helpful in itself, but as I receive the descriptions
I can put it on the page.

If you aren't able timewise to provide this text, perhaps I can ask you
to discuss this among the CMS people and find someone who might be able?

Thanks! I think XTM will potentially be a good WAI citizen. [We may need
to ask some WAI people for a review of our syntax, which wouldn't be a
bad idea. Most likely they'd recommend additional attributes like 'alt'.]

Murray

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Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey     <mailto:altheim&#64;eng.sun.com>
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