[Accessibility-handlers] Mission Draft 3 teleconference call

Janina Sajka janina at a11y.org
Mon Aug 13 11:03:06 PDT 2007


I'm trying to post the following on the wiki--but am having problems.
So, I'm forwarding via the list ...


The world of generalized content markup (such as HTML) is complimented by
markup specifications that facilitate more semantically precise content markup
in particular knowledge domains (such as MathML in the domain of mathematics).
Similarly, users who rely on assistive technologies (AT) require content
access that properly exposes the more complex structures delineated by
knowledge domain markup in order to use this content effectively.
Unfortunately, the default rendering and content navigation provided by AT is
not designed to take advantage of the semantic richness exposed by knowledge
domain specific markup and is, consequently, inadequate to serve user needs
properly.  The Open A11y Expert Handlers SIG is exploring opportunities for
specifying a standardized plugin mechanism that would allow both open source
and proprietary assistive technology to provide enhanced, semantically rich
alternative access to knowledge domain specific content exposed by knowledge
domain specific markup.

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