[html5] r3719 - [e] (0) Add a recommended reading section.

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Author: ianh
Date: 2009-08-31 01:46:09 -0700 (Mon, 31 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 3719

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Add a recommended reading section.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-08-31 07:48:53 UTC (rev 3718)
+++ index	2009-08-31 08:46:09 UTC (rev 3719)
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
     <ol>
      <li><a href=#how-to-read-this-specification><span class=secno>1.8.1 </span>How to read this specification</a></li>
      <li><a href=#typographic-conventions><span class=secno>1.8.2 </span>Typographic conventions</a></ol></li>
-   <li><a href=#a-quick-introduction-to-html><span class=secno>1.9 </span>A quick introduction to HTML</a></ol></li>
+   <li><a href=#a-quick-introduction-to-html><span class=secno>1.9 </span>A quick introduction to HTML</a></li>
+   <li><a href=#recommended-reading><span class=secno>1.10 </span>Recommended reading</a></ol></li>
  <li><a href=#infrastructure><span class=secno>2 </span>Common infrastructure</a>
   <ol>
    <li><a href=#terminology><span class=secno>2.1 </span>Terminology</a>
@@ -1544,13 +1545,80 @@
   consult tutorials and guides. Some of the examples included in this
   specification might also be of use, but the novice author is
   cautioned that this specification, by necessity, defines the
-  language with a level of detail that may be difficult to understand
-  at first.</p>
+  language with a level of detail that might be difficult to
+  understand at first.</p>
 
 
 
-  <h2 id=infrastructure><span class=secno>2 </span>Common infrastructure</h2>
+  <h3 id=recommended-reading><span class=secno>1.10 </span>Recommended reading</h3>
 
+  <p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p>
+
+  <p>The following documents might be of interest to readers of this
+  specification.</p>
+
+  <dl><dt><cite>Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals</cite> <a href=#refsCHARMOD>[CHARMOD]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>This Architectural Specification provides
+   authors of specifications, software developers, and content
+   developers with a common reference for interoperable text
+   manipulation on the World Wide Web, building on the Universal
+   Character Set, defined jointly by the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC
+   10646. Topics addressed include use of the terms 'character',
+   'encoding' and 'string', a reference processing model, choice and
+   identification of character encodings, character escaping, and
+   string indexing.</blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt><cite>Unicode Security Considerations</cite> <a href=#refsUTR36>[UTR36]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>Because Unicode contains such a large number of
+   characters and incorporates the varied writing systems of the
+   world, incorrect usage can expose programs or systems to possible
+   security attacks. This is especially important as more and more
+   products are internationalized. This document describes some of the
+   security considerations that programmers, system analysts,
+   standards developers, and users should take into account, and
+   provides specific recommendations to reduce the risk of
+   problems.</blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt><cite>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0</cite> <a href=#refsWCAG>[WCAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
+   covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more
+   accessible. Following these guidelines will make content accessible
+   to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness
+   and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities,
+   cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities,
+   photosensitivity and combinations of these. Following these
+   guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to
+   users in general.</blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt class=impl><cite>Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0</cite> <a href=#refsATAG>[ATAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd class=impl><blockquote><p>This specification provides
+   guidelines for designing Web content authoring tools that are more
+   accessible for people with disabilities. An authoring tool that
+   conforms to these guidelines will promote accessibility by
+   providing an accessible user interface to authors with disabilities
+   as well as by enabling, supporting, and promoting the production of
+   accessible Web content by all authors.</blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt class=impl><cite>User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</cite> <a href=#refsUAAG>[UAAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd class=impl><blockquote><p>This document provides guidelines
+   for designing user agents that lower barriers to Web accessibility
+   for people with disabilities. User agents include browsers and
+   other types of software that retrieve and render Web content. A
+   user agent that conforms to these guidelines will promote
+   accessibility through its own user interface and through other
+   internal facilities, including its ability to communicate with
+   other technologies (especially assistive
+   technologies). Furthermore, all users, not just users with
+   disabilities, should find conforming user agents to be more
+   usable.</blockquote></dd>
+
+  </dl><h2 id=infrastructure><span class=secno>2 </span>Common infrastructure</h2>
+
   <h3 id=terminology><span class=secno>2.1 </span>Terminology</h3>
 
   <p>This specification refers to both HTML and XML attributes and IDL
@@ -73532,6 +73600,11 @@
    User Agent Implementation Guide</a></cite>, A. Snow-Weaver,
    M. Cooper. W3C, August 2009.</dd>
 
+   <dt id=refsATAG>[ATAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/>Authoring Tool Accessibility
+   Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Richards, J. Spellman,
+   J. Treviranus. W3C, May 2009.</dd>
+
    <dt id=refsATOM>[ATOM]</dt>
    <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt>The Atom Syndication
    Format</a></cite>, M. Nottingham, R. Sayre. IETF, December
@@ -73995,6 +74068,11 @@
    Ministry of Industry, Royal Thai Government, 1990. ISBN
    974-606-153-4.</dd>
 
+   <dt id=refsUAAG>[UAAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/>Web Content Accessibility
+   Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Allan, K. Ford, J. Richards,
+   J. Spellman. W3C, July 2009.</dd>
+
    <dt id=refsUNICODE>[UNICODE]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href=http://www.unicode.org/versions/>The Unicode Standard</a></cite>. Unicode Consortium, 2007.</dd>
 
@@ -74010,6 +74088,16 @@
    Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode</a></cite>,
    D. Goldsmith, M. Davis. IETF, May 1997.</dd>
 
+   <dt id=refsUTR36>[UTR36]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/>UTR #36: Unicode
+   Security Considerations</a></cite>, M. Davis, M. Suignard. Unicode
+   Consortium, July 2008.</dd>
+
+   <dt id=refsWCAG>[WCAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/>Web Content Accessibility
+   Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0</a></cite>, B. Caldwell, M. Cooper, L. Reid,
+   G. Vanderheiden. W3C, December 2008.</dd>
+
    <dt id=refsWEBADDRESSES>[WEBADDRESSES]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/html/wg/href/draft>Web
    addresses in HTML5</a></cite>, D. Connolly,

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-08-31 07:48:53 UTC (rev 3718)
+++ source	2009-08-31 08:46:09 UTC (rev 3719)
@@ -566,11 +566,84 @@
   consult tutorials and guides. Some of the examples included in this
   specification might also be of use, but the novice author is
   cautioned that this specification, by necessity, defines the
-  language with a level of detail that may be difficult to understand
-  at first.</p>
+  language with a level of detail that might be difficult to
+  understand at first.</p>
 
 
 
+  <h3>Recommended reading</h3>
+
+  <p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p>
+
+  <p>The following documents might be of interest to readers of this
+  specification.</p>
+
+  <dl>
+
+   <dt><cite>Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals</cite> <a href="#refsCHARMOD">[CHARMOD]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>This Architectural Specification provides
+   authors of specifications, software developers, and content
+   developers with a common reference for interoperable text
+   manipulation on the World Wide Web, building on the Universal
+   Character Set, defined jointly by the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC
+   10646. Topics addressed include use of the terms 'character',
+   'encoding' and 'string', a reference processing model, choice and
+   identification of character encodings, character escaping, and
+   string indexing.</p></blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt><cite>Unicode Security Considerations</cite> <a href="#refsUTR36">[UTR36]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>Because Unicode contains such a large number of
+   characters and incorporates the varied writing systems of the
+   world, incorrect usage can expose programs or systems to possible
+   security attacks. This is especially important as more and more
+   products are internationalized. This document describes some of the
+   security considerations that programmers, system analysts,
+   standards developers, and users should take into account, and
+   provides specific recommendations to reduce the risk of
+   problems.</p></blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt><cite>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0</cite> <a href="#refsWCAG">[WCAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd><blockquote><p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
+   covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more
+   accessible. Following these guidelines will make content accessible
+   to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness
+   and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities,
+   cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities,
+   photosensitivity and combinations of these. Following these
+   guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to
+   users in general.</p></blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt class="impl"><cite>Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0</cite> <a href="#refsATAG">[ATAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd class="impl"><blockquote><p>This specification provides
+   guidelines for designing Web content authoring tools that are more
+   accessible for people with disabilities. An authoring tool that
+   conforms to these guidelines will promote accessibility by
+   providing an accessible user interface to authors with disabilities
+   as well as by enabling, supporting, and promoting the production of
+   accessible Web content by all authors.</p></blockquote></dd>
+
+   <dt class="impl"><cite>User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</cite> <a href="#refsUAAG">[UAAG]</a></dt>
+
+   <dd class="impl"><blockquote><p>This document provides guidelines
+   for designing user agents that lower barriers to Web accessibility
+   for people with disabilities. User agents include browsers and
+   other types of software that retrieve and render Web content. A
+   user agent that conforms to these guidelines will promote
+   accessibility through its own user interface and through other
+   internal facilities, including its ability to communicate with
+   other technologies (especially assistive
+   technologies). Furthermore, all users, not just users with
+   disabilities, should find conforming user agents to be more
+   usable.</p></blockquote></dd>
+
+  </dl>
+
+
+
   <h2 id="infrastructure">Common infrastructure</h2>
 
   <h3>Terminology</h3>
@@ -87382,6 +87455,12 @@
    User Agent Implementation Guide</a></cite>, A. Snow-Weaver,
    M. Cooper. W3C, August 2009.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsATAG">[ATAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a
+   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/">Authoring Tool Accessibility
+   Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Richards, J. Spellman,
+   J. Treviranus. W3C, May 2009.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsATOM">[ATOM]</dt>
    <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a
    href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt">The Atom Syndication
@@ -87908,6 +87987,12 @@
    Ministry of Industry, Royal Thai Government, 1990. ISBN
    974-606-153-4.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsUAAG">[UAAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a
+   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/">Web Content Accessibility
+   Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Allan, K. Ford, J. Richards,
+   J. Spellman. W3C, July 2009.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsUNICODE">[UNICODE]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/">The Unicode Standard</a></cite>. Unicode Consortium, 2007.</dd>
 
@@ -87924,6 +88009,18 @@
    Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode</a></cite>,
    D. Goldsmith, M. Davis. IETF, May 1997.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsUTR36">[UTR36]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a
+   href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/">UTR #36: Unicode
+   Security Considerations</a></cite>, M. Davis, M. Suignard. Unicode
+   Consortium, July 2008.</dd>
+
+   <dt id="refsWCAG">[WCAG]</dt>
+   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a
+   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/">Web Content Accessibility
+   Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0</a></cite>, B. Caldwell, M. Cooper, L. Reid,
+   G. Vanderheiden. W3C, December 2008.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsWEBADDRESSES">[WEBADDRESSES]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/href/draft">Web
    addresses in HTML5</a></cite>, D. Connolly,




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