[html4all] HTML4all in public?

[Philip TAYLOR]

Laura Carlson wrote:

> Phil, you mentioned "declared aims of the group".  Does anyone have
> ideas on that?

May I offer a suggestion (as a starting point) ?

"We, the undersigned, believe that -- given the de facto position
of HTML as /the/ primary markup language for the World Wide
Web -- it is essential that HTML evolve in such a way
as to ensure that the contents of any page in which it is
correctly used are potentially accessible to all, regardless
of the technology used to render the page, the primary medium
through which it is rendered, and the physical and/or cognitive
abilities of the person accessing the page.  To this end,
we believe that HTML is, and must remain, a language through
which the /semantics/ of the page are expressed, and that
any feature that seeks to express the intended physical
appearance of the page (regardless of medium) has no place
whatsoever in HTML.

** Phil.