<joe clark wrote>

PROPOSAL
1.3 should be rewritten to read something like the following:

Whenever markup or languages permit, ensure that
structure, presentation, and behaviour are
separated to the extent possible for the content.
</end joe clark>

I think I  like Joe's proposal for rewriting Guideline 1.3 to focus on separating structure, presentation and behavior from content.  Although I have concerns for the implications to the use of JavaScript.  In the case of web applications it may be impossible to separate the JavaScript (behavior) from the content if JavaScript influences or generates content based on a user choice. Maybe the "to the extent possible" clause in the above proposal gives me an out - for a web application the complete separation of behavior might not be possible?    I was also concerned that several of the experts who responded to Joe  wanted to see success criteria that require a site to function with JavaScript  turned off. So, perhaps I really don't understand the implications of this proposal????
 


Becky Gibson
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