Proposal to remove "B.2.1.1" (was B.1.1.1)

On the call I took an action to look at this...
http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35520/20110204/results#xq3

The original spirit of the SC was:
"does the tool let accessibility-savvy users meet wcag by SOME means (e.g. a text view)"

As pointed out, this is a low bar.

The proposed rewording tried to tighten this up to basically say:
"if the user can use the tool to break WCAG conformance then they can use the tool to fix it"

But in the interests of avoiding repetition, I think this is covered already, especially by:

- B.2.2.2 Setting Accessibility Properties (WCAG) - there needs to be mechanisms to set accessibility properties

- B.3.1.1 Checking Assistance (WCAG) - authoring tool will help find issues (even if the help is manual). And the wording is similar enough to B.2.1.1: "If the authoring tool provides authors with the ability to add or modify web content so that a WCAG 2.0 success criterion can be violated, then accessibility checking for that success criterion is provided (e.g. an HTML authoring tool that inserts images should check for alternative text; a video authoring tool with the ability to edit text tracks should check for captions)."

- B.3.2.1 Repair Assistance (WCAG) - authoring tool will help repair issues (even if the help is manual)


So, I suggest we drop B.2.1.1 altogether.

Cheers,
Jan


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