- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:46:23 -0600
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
RE Loretta, and Roberto and John et al on guidelines, user agents and "until user agents" I think the concept we have been missing here is "Safe Harbor". Techniques do not define what is needed for conformance. Rather they state was are known and accepted ways for meeting Success Criteria. If you follow them you are following accepted practice and should be in a "safe" position if someone questions you. (a manager, a user, a procurement officer or a court for example) You can use other means - but then you may have to justify or prove that your method is good enough when challenged. Easier to use what is accepted but not necessary. What is generally accepted will change over time - as do the user agents. So will the techniques doc. But if we write the guideline right - they will last longer before needed tweaking. At least this is where our discussions have been leading my thinking lately. Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison
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