Comments on: hAccessibility http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/ Working together for standards Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: All in a days work… http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58289 All in a days work… Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:05:22 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58289 [...] hAccessibility - hCalendar’s Original Sin The creators of Microformats strayed from their accessible, semantic intentions when they extended the abbr-design-pattern to the datetime-design-pattern. This idea, though paved with good intentions, was a workaround for a browser bug and, like many othe [...] [...] hAccessibility – hCalendar’s Original Sin The creators of Microformats strayed from their accessible, semantic intentions when they extended the abbr-design-pattern to the datetime-design-pattern. This idea, though paved with good intentions, was a workaround for a browser bug and, like many othe [...]

]]> By: Microformats & the govt media release [beta] | NPSC Blog http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58282 Microformats & the govt media release [beta] | NPSC Blog Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:48:51 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58282 [...] After reading this post from the Web Standards Group on the accessibility issues around abbreviations in microformats, I have reworked the code for the most recent e-government hRelease (on new search for newzealand.govt.nz). The dateline now looks like this: [...] [...] After reading this post from the Web Standards Group on the accessibility issues around abbreviations in microformats, I have reworked the code for the most recent e-government hRelease (on new search for newzealand.govt.nz). The dateline now looks like this: [...]

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58244 Andy Mabbett Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:57:31 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58244 Discussion of this article on the microformat IRC channel, viewable at <a href="http://rbach.priv.at/Microformats-IRC/2007-07-05#T175801" rel="nofollow">rbach.priv.at/Microformats-IRC/2007-07-05#T175801</a> (and ending with the comment time-stamped [18:27:54]) is relevant. Discussion of this article on the microformat IRC channel, viewable at rbach.priv.at/Microformats-IRC/2007-07-05#T175801 (and ending with the comment time-stamped [18:27:54]) is relevant.

]]> By: tercume http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58239 tercume Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:15:25 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58239 To my knowledge, the WAI hasn’t released an official statement on this, but some of the ATF members are current or previous members of the WAI Working Groups, and we all follow the discussion lists when possible. As for your comment about RDF and Dublin Core, I partially agree, but this isn’t the forum. The arguments against it are made better elsewhere, such as the Microformats discussion list. To my knowledge, the WAI hasn’t released an official statement on this, but some of the ATF members are current or previous members of the WAI Working Groups, and we all follow the discussion lists when possible. As for your comment about RDF and Dublin Core, I partially agree, but this isn’t the forum. The arguments against it are made better elsewhere, such as the Microformats discussion list.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58218 Andrew Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:16:40 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58218 Thanks, this information was really helpful. I have been learning html for a few weeks now and find this site very useful. Thanks to this page I now know how to abbreviate. Is this the most simple way or is there an easier way when you have more than 50 abbreviations in a single page? Thanks Thanks, this information was really helpful. I have been learning html for a few weeks now and find this site very useful. Thanks to this page I now know how to abbreviate. Is this the most simple way or is there an easier way when you have more than 50 abbreviations in a single page? Thanks

]]> By: Julie http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58097 Julie Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58097 I should have explained that the "hcalendar" value is something extra that we add in our office for lists of events on our "calendar of events" pages. I should have explained that the “hcalendar” value is something extra that we add in our office for lists of events on our “calendar of events” pages.

]]> By: Julie http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-58096 Julie Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:41:46 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-58096 Here is what I will be including in a new markup guide I'm creating for my office (line wraps marked with ->): <code> <ol class="hcalendar"> <li class="vevent">Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Noon–1:30 p.m. -> <abbr class="dtstart" title="20070605T1200-0500">(0700 -> GMT–</abbr><abbr class="dtend" title="20070606T1330-0500"> -> 0830 GMT)</abbr> <ul> <li class="summary">Get-Together</li> <li class="location">402B Jesse Hall</li> <li class="description">Bring a friend!</li> </ul> </li> </ol> </code> I'm thinking that screen readers that read the ISO info out plain will still verbalize it, but at least it will be precluded by comprehensible information. I am no expert, though. Here is what I will be including in a new markup guide I’m creating for my office (line wraps marked with ->):


<ol class="hcalendar">
<li class="vevent">Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Noon&ndash;1:30 p.m. ->
<abbr class="dtstart" title="20070605T1200-0500">(0700 ->
GMT&ndash;</abbr><abbr class="dtend" title="20070606T1330-0500"> ->
0830 GMT)</abbr>
<ul>
<li class="summary">Get-Together</li>
<li class="location">402B Jesse Hall</li>
<li class="description">Bring a friend!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>

I’m thinking that screen readers that read the ISO info out plain will still verbalize it, but at least it will be precluded by comprehensible information. I am no expert, though.

]]> By: enternet http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-57979 enternet Wed, 30 May 2007 14:37:50 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-57979 Sorry <span class="dtstart" style="display:none">20070312T1700-06</span> Sorry
<span class=”dtstart” style=”display:none”>20070312T1700-06</span>

]]> By: enternet http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-57978 enternet Wed, 30 May 2007 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-57978 Maybe 20070312T1700-06 ? Maybe 20070312T1700-06 ?

]]> By: jcraig http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/comment-page-2/#comment-57974 jcraig Tue, 29 May 2007 19:13:39 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/#comment-57974 @Olle, re-read the first paragraph in the section titled, "What’s the Catch?" and view the screen shots of the browser bugs in the version without the extra span. @Olle, re-read the first paragraph in the section titled, “What’s the Catch?” and view the screen shots of the browser bugs in the version without the extra span.

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