<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Some questions and comments regarding
the ISimpleDOMNode proposal discussion on the IA2 list:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As a few of the commentors have indicated,
a primary goal of IA2 has been to facilitate efficient cross platform (Win/Linux)
app development. One of the primary arguments for standardizing ISimple*
is, rather, to facilitate efficient cross-browser AT development. We
want to expose special markup like math on Linux as well but there is no
ATK/AT-SPI equivalent to ISimpleDOMNode. The larger OpenA11y group
needs to determine if ATK/AT-SPI should include an equivalent to ISimple*.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There is also the issue of the delta
between ISimple* and the IE equivalent. While we are considering
harmonizing ISimple* with ATK/AT-SPI should we also, via AIA, consider
defining an interface definition that deprecates both ISimple* and the
IE equivalent so app and AT implementers have only one interface to deal
with?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Specialized markup like Math also needs
to be accessible in non-browser environments. Would ISimpleDOMNode
be implementable in other applications such as office apps?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Does ISimpleDOMText need to be included?
I think all of it's function is covered by IA2's IAccessbileText.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Alternatively, would it be sufficient
to provide access to the specialized markup via a new IAccessible2::get_innerMarkup
method?</font>
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</font><font size=1 color=#0060a0 face="Arial"><b>Pete Brunet</b></font><font size=3 color=#0060a0><strike><br>
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