Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Draft of April 2006

Dear anthony ,

Thank you for your comments on the 2006 Last Call Working Draft of the
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/). We appreciate the
interest that you have taken in these guidelines.

We apologize for the delay in getting back to you. We received many
constructive comments, and sometimes addressing one issue would cause
us to revise wording covered by an earlier issue. We therefore waited
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Thank you,

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact

On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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Comment 1:

Source: http://www.w3.org/mid/20060516233951.E217FBDA8@w3c4.w3.org
(Issue ID: LC-525)

Item Number: Important New Terms Used in WCAG 2.0
Part of Item:
Comment Type: GE
Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):

Very simple really; WCAG guidelines language is too technical and very
hard to follow, never mind tweaking a web page to adhere to these
standards, if you want universality you should write in a accessible
language.

Proposed Change:

use common understandable language for 2.0!

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Response from Working Group:
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We understand that the language is technical in places.  We have tried
to make it as easy to read as possible while still being technology
independent and accurate.  It is very hard.  We have made some changes
again in response to last call comments.  Suggestions are always
welcome.

Received on Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:28:04 UTC