Another attempt at plain language

Tobias Bengfort tobias.bengfort at posteo.de
Sun Sep 13 16:50:13 CEST 2015


On 12/09/15 13:37, Michael Everson wrote:
> But this:
> 
>> On 12 Sep 2015, at 07:30, Tobias Bengfort <tobias.bengfort at posteo.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/09/15 20:44, Shawn Steele wrote:
>>> It's also unclear to me that a web developer would create multiple 
>>> English versions of a web page to enable this support.
>>
>> This is exactly what is required by WCAG:
>>
>>    When text requires reading ability more advanced than [...],
>>    supplemental content, or a version that does not require
>>    reading ability more advanced than [...], is available.
>>
>>    - http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#meaning-supplements
>>
>> This issue is that it is currently not clear how such a simpler version
>> would be referenced.
> 
> … is not, I think, best solved by a subtag.

But how should it be solved then? I get your concerns, but I have not
yet found any alternatives.

tobias



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