508 Question

Hi,
Paragraph (l) of the Section 508 web standards reads as follows.
When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create 
interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified 
with functional text that can be read by assistive technology.
I'm focusing on the word "identified" in that paragraph. This sounds like that 
assistive technology only needs to know that script elements exist, not that it 
necessarily needs to be able to use those elements. Note that I'm only going on 
the language of the paragraph, not how I think that pages with scripts should 
function, as in assistive technology should be able to work with the script 
elements besides identify them. My question is how do you interpret this 
paragraph?
Thanks.
Jim


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Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
412-544-1810.
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