Web unit
[New:]
a collection of information identifiable by a single Uniform Resource Identifier (such as a URL) that consists of one or more resources and that is intended to be rendered together.
• Example1: A Web page and embedded media
• Example 2: An interactive or immersive environment addressable via a single URI.
[OLD version with comments:
“a collection of information, consisting of one or more resources, intended to be rendered together[By together, this may be simultaneous, or sequentially???], and identified by a single Uniform Resource Identifier (such as a URLs[Should both be singular, right?])
[Priority AAAA. I’d like to get greater clarity on this…..]
Note: This definition is based on the definition of Web page in Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet. The concept of simultaneity was removed to allow the term to cover interactive and scripted content.
Example 1: An interactive movie-like shopping environment accessed through a single URI, where the user navigates about and activates products to have them demonstrated, and moves them to a cart to buy them.[I thought that the shopping was considered a “process�…]
Example 2: A Web page including all embedded images and media.
[The notion of web unit is key in this document. Any characterization that is not explicitly tied into the notion of web unit has no normative force…! This included authored unit, authored component, content, supplemental content, etc.!] ]
We have modified the term "Web unit" to be "Web page" and have updated the definition. Because this term is used in multiple W3C specs, we can not make revisions to the definition that would make it inconsistent. We have, however, incorporated your suggestions in the examples of the definition of "Web page" at 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.