Re: CFC: Manual testing processes

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On 2/13/2017 10:19 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
> Call For Consensus — ends Wednesday February 15th at 10:30pm Boston time.
>
> The requirements for WCAG 2.1 SC's 
> (https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_2.1_Success_Criteria have been 
> discussed at length. Included in the requirements is #2, which states 
> "Be testable through automated or manual processes”, which indicates 
> that in order for a success criteria to be regarded as “testable” it 
> must be possible to determine whether a page passes that criteria 
> using automated or manual testing processes.
>
> On last Tuesday’s call the WG came to a resolution regarding this 
> item, specifically related to user testing. The group also surveyed 
> this question, and arrived at a unanimous agreement:
>
> "User testing is not a required part of a manual testing process for 
> WCAG test criteria.”
>
> This resolution indicates that if the only way to test a success 
> criteria is to conduct user testing, then that is not “testable” with 
> regard to WCAGT 2.1.
>
> The Working Group will recommend strongly in WCAG 2.1 (as it did in 
> WCAG 2.0) that user testing be conducted.
>
> For background:
> Call minutes: http://www.w3.org/2017/02/07-ag-minutes.html
> Survey: https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/testing20170207/results#xq1
>
> If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have 
> not been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you 
> “not being able to live with” this decision, please let the group know 
> before the CfC deadline.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility
> Adobe
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
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