accessibility

Accessibility

This page is for keeping track of issues relating to microformats and accessibility, in the hopes that any potential accessibility issues are resolved quickly, and for documenting techniques for making microformats more accessible.

External discussions

Mailing lists

• Microformats and Semantic Structure (part 2) - 2006-10-11 in w3c-wai-ig.
• hCard and hCalendar Formats - 2006-08-03 in w3c-wai-ig.

Fora

• Use of 'abbr' in microformats - 2006-09-20. Issues: use of 'abbr'

Accessibility of this wiki

• Large blocks of italic text are inaccessible to many readers, including people with types of visual impairment, dyslexia, etc. [1], [2]. [3], [4], [5] Andy Mabbett 14:33, 26 Nov 2006 (PST)
• Using emboldening and italics to differentiate types on, e.g. the cheatsheet pages [hcard-cheatsheet], is unhelpful to users of assistive technologies, text-only devices, etc. A number, letter or symbol should additionally be be used. Andy Mabbett 14:33, 26 Nov 2006 (PST)