[TYPO3-content-rendering] Re: [Typo3-accessibility] a move to content rendering

[Zach Davis]

Hi Ben,

I'd like very much to be a part of the team, and can devote some time to 
helping out. I'll start by going over chc_forum before the next release 
and making sure the output is still valid.

best,
Zach


ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Michael Stucki has created a new list on behalf of the Content Rendering 
> Group. tHNx dude! The Content Rendering Group is a self proclaimed group 
> that has set forward a couple of goals. These goals are not covered by 
> accessibility alone. There are several areas concerning the output of 
> TYPO3 that need attention. In the market there is a growing call for 
> standards compliant output for webpages. Some Amercian states require 
> government websites to be WAI (http://www.w3.org/WAI/) conformant and 
> dutch goverment demands that newly build websites are XHTML strict. The 
> output of the TYPO3 CORE should be examined. Some changes are relatively 
> easy to do (like IMAGE object without border attribute, no <p>-tags 
> within <td> for tables).
> 
> Below are the goals for the group:
> 
> * monitor markup output of TYPO3 to be standards compliant 
> (http://www.webstandards.org) and XHTML1.0 strict compliant
> 
> * monitor preferred extensions (like RTE htmlarea, Modern FAQ, tt_news, 
> chc_forum) for their output
> 
> * recommend extensions for accessibilty
> 
> * advise or cooperate with extension builders to get their output 
> XHTML1.0 strict and standards compliant
> 
> * write documentation about how to get TYPO3 to output XHTML compliant code
> 
> * recommend TS
> 
> * finish css_imgtext ;-)
> 
> * deliver a default TS set for XHTML1.0 strict compliant output. For 
> instance all target attributes wthin a <a> will have to be removed. No 
> border attribute for images (<img />) and such.
> 
> 
> At this moment these are the members of the group.
> 
> Jan Wischnat
> Sacha Vorbeck
> Rupert Germann
> Martin Kutscher
> Andreas Schwarzkopf
> ben van 't ende
> 
> Members in the sense that you can expect these dudes to be not only 
> lurking the list, but actually giving answers ;-) We hope to have a spot 
> on TYPO3.org soon so we can keep you up to date with news, 
> documentation, examples of accessible/xhtml compliant websites, tips and 
> CRG approved extensions. So join in everyone! Jordan has already 
> discovered the list!
> 
> gRTz
> 
> ben