- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:13:59 +1000 (EST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
What I am arguing is that the meanings have already shifted and that we need to make the best of the new situation. Checkpoints used to be (in WCAG 1.0) largely, but not entirely technology-specific; the Techniques were merely explanations and examples of the checkpoints in many, though not all, cases. Recent discourse within the working group has reflected the ambiguity by referring to "technology-specific" checkpoints". We need to clarify the terminology, either by using "checkpoint" to mean a technology-specific requirement, or a general strategy of accessible design which, though not at the most abstract level, is stated at a level of specificity that allows concrete implementation strategies to follow from it.
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