XML, as such, can represent just about any kind of computer data, and is
not automatically accessible.  But various organizations have defined
document type definitions and schemas for the representation of
documents.  You have a better chance of creating an accessible version, in
general, if you are starting from an XML document.  Many of the tools,
including XSLT stylesheets, are still under development or rather specialized.

I am on the advisory committee for the ANSI/NISO Z39.86 specification for
the digital talking book, which is often called Daisy 3.

You can find some information, at various technical levels, at
   http://www.daisy.org
and
   http://www.loc.gov/nls/z3986
.  XML is popping up in math, in graphics, in repurposeable web content,
synchronized multimedia (but not usually the video or audio itself), and
other places.  This is a promising work in progress.

At 03:19 PM 4/9/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I've been reading about XML, XHTML, and the capability of XML to provide
>output in various versions through different modules and to support
>specialized components like multimedia. I'm still a little fuzzy about
>all this, so I wondered if someone could point me to resources that
>discuss possible current/future capabilities of XML to provide different
>versions of output (large text, accessible XHTML, Braille etc.)
>
>On the other hand, if I don't understand what I've been reading at all,
>will someone please point me to discussions that might increase my
>understanding of XML.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mary Jane Barnett
>
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