- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:27:33 -0700
- To: <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, "GLWAI Guidelines WG \(GL - WAI Guidelines WG\)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 6:19 PM -0500 2001/10/18, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>In the teleconference today, we had a couple things that we reached
>consensus on with regard to conformance. They are:
>
>1. There would be a "minimum standard" of accessibility. In order
>to assert any level of conformance (with WCAG 2.0) the content must meet
>this minimum standard which consists of a predetermined set of
>checkpoints.
>
>2. There would be one or more sets above the minimum. (However, no
>decision was made as to whether or not the next level would be "full
>compliance" or whether there would be additional interim sets between
>the minimum and the full.)
The term "Modules" as in "Modularized XHTML" would seem to be useful
here. This allows us to define subgroups of checkpoints and then
make a statement such as:
A minimally accessible web site "MUST" follow WCAG 2.0 modules
A, B, and D.
This allows additional modules to be "added in" to a policy or perhaps
even replaced as appropriate. Look at the XHTML modules (this is not
a new suggestion) and there's clear models including simple and
complex table modules, as well as required core modules.
One can claim compliance with XHTML Basic -- where XHTML Basic is
simply a specific set of XHTML core and required modules.
--Kynn
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Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
Technical Developer Liaison
Reef North America
Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network
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