Re: RFC 2534 list of ua-media and paper-size values

Chris Lilley <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Oct 1999 03:17:05 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.medfree
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Al Gilman wrote:
> 
> At 10:59 AM 10/20/99 +0100, Graham Klyne wrote:
> 
> >
> >In summary, I would suggest resisting a divergence of vocabulary for
> >features that are common across a range of services.
> >
> 
> The generic and specific vocabulary entries will compete for usage.  But
> having the generic ones there and knowing that the specific ones conform to
> generic supercategories is beneficial for access by people with disabilities.
> 
> One interesting example is that the "projection" context-of-use class in
> the CSS writeup, at least, includes both print and LCD options for getting
> from softcopy to the group-visible display.

I don't think that projection is necessarily a print-related media. It
is intended for projection from laptops, a situation that W3C staff are
intimately familiar with ;-)

--
Chris