  RE: [wcag2] Definition of 'complex content'  From: Yvette P.
Hoitink <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:38:20
+0200 Message-ID: <E1BxptJ-0003lW-GA@frink.w3.org>  > > Yvette:
I also think we should include difficult language as an example
> > complex content. > Jens: Disagreed. For example, take > "In
interspecies transmissions of transmissible spongiform  >
encephalopathies, the agent has to overcome a species barrier  >
that is largely influenced by the rate of homology between  >
the prion proteins (PrPC) two involved species. > [...]" [1] > I
claim that this excerpt consists of 'difficult language'  > (for
99% of the population), but it is /not/ complex, not per  > se.
So I recommend not to include it in the definition.  I think
this sentence is very hard to understand. If I hadn't been
exposed to Star Trek as much as I have been, I think I would
have had to look up at least three words in a dictionary in
order to understand it. I think this is a lot of effort, so it
fits your own definit