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Comment LC-1263

Comment:

Comment: the term 'web unit' needs some examples about when the term 'web page' may not apply

Proposed Change:

add some examples to "..may not apply" such as 'webcast' or 'multimedia object'

Resolution - Pending Response:

We have replaced the term "Web unit" with "Web page" and have modified the section on new terms, http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#new-terms, to describe our use of the term "Web page" in greater detail. We have also added an example of content that may not immediately be recognized as a "Web page." See http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#webpagedef .

Web page

a resource that is referenced by a URI and is not embedded in another resource, plus any other resources that are used in the rendering or intended to be rendered together with it

Note: Although any "other resources" would be rendered together with the primary resource, they would not necessarily be rendered simultaneously with each other.

Example 1: When you enter http://shopping.example.com/ in your browser you enter a movie-like interactive shopping environment where you visually move about a store dragging products off of the shelves around you into a visual shopping cart in front of you. Clicking on a product causes it to be demonstrated with a specification sheet floating alongside.

Example 2: A Web resource including all embedded images and media.

Example 3: A Web mail program built using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX). The program lives entirely at http://mail.example.com, but includes an inbox, a contacts area and a calendar. Links or buttons are provided that cause the the inbox, contacts, or calendar to display, but do not change the URL of the page as a whole.

Example 4: A customizable portal site, where users can choose content to display from a set of different content modules.

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