Re: Make it more obvious that older versions are out of date / obsolete

similar discussion from last year

thread:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2015Mar/thread.html#msg181




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Regards

SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>

On 26 February 2016 at 11:38, Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A recent Twitter discussion
> <https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/703179720892895236>
> highlighted the issue that some users of WCAG and WCAG-related documents
> use outdated versions of, for example, the Understanding documents.
> It would be a good idea to make it more obvious that older versions are
> out of date.
>
> When you look at Understanding documents for individual SCs, e.g.
> <
> https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20080430/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html
> >,
> it is not obvious from the content whether you are looking at the latest
> version or an outdated one. (You need to check the URL, and we can't
> expect readers to know that "WD" means "working draft", for example.)
>
> In addition to a clear visual indicator that documents are obsolete, it
> may also be a good idea to add metadata, like the "noindex" metatag
> (even though it probably not respected by every search engine).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe Strobbe
>
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