Hi Liddy,

Please, excuseme for my poor English. I will try to use a more "plain" or
better English.

I have only tried to say what Lisa, Charles and William have explained
already.

All the best,
Emmanuelle


-----Mensaje original-----
De: DCMI Accessibility Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] En
nombre de Liddy Nevile
Enviado el: jueves, 08 de febrero de 2007 2:46
Para: [log in to unmask]
Asunto: Re: Not accessible or not adaptable.

Emmanuelle - please say this again - I can't quite get your meaning....

and my Spanish is very poor!

Liddy

On 08/02/2007, at 11:01 AM, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo wrote:

>
> Hi Liddy,
>
> Yes, I know all the documents and I'm in this list from long time ago. 
> These metadata terms are for describe the elements of the content and 
> are very important (or will be very important).
>
> Maybe this is not the right site to ask what I asked. But is the 
> "dc-accessibility" and even if the work, in this moment, is oriented 
> to other end, I think that some things need to be araised in this 
> fora.
>
> Best regards,
> Emmanuelle
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: DCMI Accessibility Community [mailto:DC- 
> [log in to unmask]] En nombre de Liddy Nevile Enviado el: 
> miércoles, 07 de febrero de 2007 21:24
> Para: [log in to unmask]
> Asunto: Re: Not accessible or not adaptable.
>
> Emmanuelle
> have you been able to read the metadata terms we are working on - they 
> reflect the specs in WCAG but in a metadata way and give much more 
> flexibility ... there is a fairly comprehensive set and they are about 
> to become an ISO standard at least for education....
>
> The DC conformsTo etc simply did not give us enough useful information 
> about the resource..so we have added a few qualifiers and one new term
>
> Liddy
>
> On 07/02/2007, at 11:21 PM, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Liddy,
>>
>> Thanks for your quickly response.
>>
>> Well, if there are not such thing as an "accessible" resource, my 
>> life don't have sense <smile> Because I'm working from 1996 about the 
>> accessibility in the software and the Web. But I understand what you 
>> want to say and the posture of the group about this <smile>
>>
>> And yes, in the future HERA will produce RDF reports on the 
>> adaptability characteristics of a resource, I hope so.
>>
>> For the moment I'm working around the "accessibility" concept (but 
>> with and eye in the adaptability too). This means: conform with the 
>> WCAG or another guidelines.
>>
>> And I know the "dcterms:conformsTo", but I'm looking for a way to
>> say: this
>> resource don't conform and don't want conform, and don't must conform 
>> <smile>.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Emmanuelle
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: DCMI Accessibility Community [mailto:DC- 
>> [log in to unmask]] En nombre de Liddy Nevile Enviado el:
>> miércoles, 07 de febrero de 2007 0:47
>> Para: [log in to unmask]
>> Asunto: Re: Not accessible or not adaptable.
>>
>> Emmanuelle
>>
>> As it is not ever clear that there is such a thing as an 'accessible'
>> resource but that resources are accessible or otherwise to individual 
>> users, I would suggest that you write metadata on the resource, 
>> following the scheme we are developing for DC, and then individuals 
>> or later, computers, can match those resources to user's individual 
>> needs and preferences.
>> The metadata we are working on makes objective statements about the 
>> characteristics of the resource, not claims about accessibility or 
>> otherwise. We describe this as metadata related to the adaptability 
>> of a resource but do not say yes or no, rather declare the 
>> characteristics. Of course, we note what makes a difference in line 
>> with the W3C guidelines and other work.
>>
>> For more info I suggest you see the DC page and then look at what is 
>> on the wiki where there is a lot more detail.
>>
>> http://dublincore.org/groups/access/
>> http://dublincore.org/accessibilitywiki
>>
>> In fact, we would love to see Sidar adapt HERO to produce RDF reports 
>> on the adaptability characteristics of resources in the future.
>>
>> Liddy
>>
>>
>> On 07/02/2007, at 7:26 AM, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This group was working in how define the adaptability's resource.
>>> But I need
>>> a way to declare / define that a resourse don't be and don't will be 
>>> accessible or adaptable.
>>>
>>> For example, we have some resource to teach accessibility that don't 
>>> conform the WCAG. These are bad practice examples, and must be not 
>>> accessibles.
>>>
>>> How can I preserve its that a review or classification as "bad"
>>> resources?
>>>
>>> Sorry if I can explain it properly, my English is very bad, but I 
>>> hope that someone can understand me and explain it to the others.
>>>
>>> Any idea?
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Emmanuelle