Re: AU techs / ATAG errata

Let's try that again:

3.4 could be changed (in an errata) to specify that:
the only allowable generated text is "place holder text generated by
[authoring tool name]", which must be replaced by human authored text
by the end of the document editing session.

> 
> Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> >
> > Looking at ATAG checkpoint 3.4 (don't create placeholder text
> > alternatives) and technique T0176 in particular
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/WD-ATAG10-TECHS-20011124/imp3 there is a clear
> > conflict with checkpoint 2.2 (create valid markup) as it relates to 2.1 (use
> > up to date W3C specifications) since those specifications often require a
> > text alternative to be present.
> >
> > In order to resolve this there are 3 possibilities:
> >
> > 1. We really require that the tool meet both checkpoints simultaneously,
> > relying on checkpoints 3.1, 4.1 and 4.2 (checking and getting text
> > equivalents...) to keep asking until there is content provided. This meets
> > the goal IF people don't just fill in dummy text, but I don't think that it
> > is what the group intended.
> >
> > 2. We state in errata that 2.2 overrides 3.4 and that the checkpoint can be
> > ignored in order to meet 2.2. I don't think this is what we intended either -
> > it would lead to the addition of dummy text just to provide validity, and
> > there is a real need not to do so. If we do go this way we should delete
> > technique T0176
> >
> > 3. We state in errata that 2.2 may be violated with respect to provision of
> > textual alternatives, in order to meet the requirements of 3.4. We should
> > point to that erratum in technique T0176 in that case.
> >
> > I think that this is a clarification, although we should note that we will
> > need to deal with the issue a bit more carefully for wombat...
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > --
> > Charles McCathieNevile    http://www.w3.org/People/Charles  phone: +61 409 134 136
> > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative     http://www.w3.org/WAI    fax: +1 617 258 5999
> > Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia
> > (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> Jan
> 
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> Jan Richards
> UI Design Specialist
> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
> University of Toronto
> 
> jan.richards@utoronto.ca
> Phone: (416) 946-7060
> Fax: (416) 971-2896
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Cheers,
Jan

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Jan Richards
UI Design Specialist
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
University of Toronto

jan.richards@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 946-7060
Fax: (416) 971-2896

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Received on Thursday, 6 December 2001 16:37:03 UTC