Re: [WSG] web accessibility-some thoughts

2007-03-09 Thread Tim
I should have said that laws apply to new kids on the block in theory. The Australian 1992 Disability Discrimination Act is a fairytale. Australian Law is Absolute fiction and un-enforced. State laws like Victorian standards are laughable. For example, Victorian Premier Bracks website, has a c

Re: [WSG] standards selling points

2007-03-09 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
This is a discussion that continuously reappears on this list. I've been down this path myself and these days agree with those who say not to bother selling the standards to people. They really don't care. Sorry. I spent many meetings with clients trying to explain what standards are, and th

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

2007-03-09 Thread Paul Novitski
At 3/9/2007 06:05 AM, Nick Fitzsimons wrote: On 8 Mar 2007, at 19:09:52, Paul Novitski wrote: The HTML spec makes it explicitly clear that the relationship between term and description can be interpreted more broadly than merely terms and their definitions: "Another application of DL, for exam

Re: [WSG] web accessibility-some thoughts

2007-03-09 Thread Raena Jackson Armitage
On 3/9/07, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Accepted old media grandfather clause, only applies to new kids. I hope you're not thinking of Australian law, Tim. For example, televison broadcasters in Australia are in fact required to caption and had to *apply for* an exemption from liabilit

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

2007-03-09 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 8 Mar 2007, at 19:09:52, Paul Novitski wrote: The HTML spec makes it explicitly clear that the relationship between term and description can be interpreted more broadly than merely terms and their definitions: "Another application of DL, for example, is for marking up dialogues, with e