On Thursday, June 23, 2005, 5:40:46 PM, Bruce wrote: BL> On Thu June 23 2005 10:46, Chris Lilley wrote:
It could be as simple as putting a class attribute in the HTML and styling common, limited and obsolete in different colors.
BL> While I agree with most of Chris' other remarks, I note that color BL> variations encoded in HTML (particularly if more complex methods BL> such as style sheets are used) would be particularly difficult for BL> readers with certain visual impairments. Which was why I suggested using a class attribute and styling, rather than say a font tag to set the color directly. This allows restyling, alternate style sheets, automatic extraction and so forth. BL> I'd prefer a field that indicates status explicitly in text. Yes, that would work too, and probably be preferable. BL> I'd rather not have to dig through actual registrations, since it BL> is conceivable that a registration might change after initial BL> registration (I believe that there are several such proposals in BL> discussion). Good point. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead