Re: Rules should really cover WCAG Conformance; not WCAG Conformance + Advisory...

I know we talked a bit about this in today's ACT TF meeting, but as for
flagging a rule as advisory - if you don't provide a WCAG success criteria
in the mapping list, it is not a rule required for conformance.  This
consensus was reached after several months of discussion on how to best
represent the various rules.

As Wilco said today, I don't think the ACT-R (formerly auto-wcag) intends
to prioritize rules for advisory techniques or for accessibility best
practices outside of what is required by WCAG but are simply documenting
rules that exist in their tools today. This rules development and screening
process will point out which rules are really advisory and not required.
The method of publishing them as part of the WCAG materials can help to
further show whether the rule tests parts of conformance or is instead
associated with advisory techniques or best practices

Best regards,

Mary Jo
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From: Alistair Garrison <alistair.garrison@levelaccess.com>
To: Accessibility Conformance Testing <public-wcag-act@w3.org>
Date: 05/02/2019 08:01 AM
Subject: Rules should really cover WCAG Conformance; not WCAG
            Conformance +  Advisory...



Hi,

Internally, we have reviewed the rules developed by ACT-R to date, and have
found some to be advisory; rather than actually causing a WCAG fail.

I can’t remember if there is a flag for marking a rule as advisory; as
opposed to required for conformance.

To best support projects such as WAI-Tools, EU monitoring and general
harmonisation around a WCAG Audit, I think we’ll be aiming to cover only
those rules required for conformance – leaving out advisory test, at least
for now.

Also, why are people writing advisory tests?  It seems a much lower
priority than writing rules required for conformance?

Interested to hear others opinions.

All the best

Alistair

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Alistair Garrison
Director of Accessibility Research
Level Access