- From: John Foliot - WATS.ca <foliot@wats.ca>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:21:49 -0400
- To: <Stuart.M.Smith@manchester.ac.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Stuart Smith wrote: > I need to clarify something here please? > > When you say > "Many on this list also believe that a more-or-less strict > adherence to published standards" > > Just after talking about one of the WCAG Priority's you are > not including them as a standard? As they are published as > Guidelines surely? Correct, WCAG is a Guidelines document, where-as the proper usage of CSS, HTML, etc. is governed by Standards. > > I maybe a newbie to the group but I am very concerned about > the growing reinterpretation of the Guidelines as Standards. ...and this is a very real phenomenon due in part to governments mandating the guidelines as such. I share your concern. > There are lots of standards out there, which are very > important and useful and the Accessibility Guidelines are > important too. But they are just guidelines surely? If they > are now being mooted as standard then they need a greater > robustness and adaptability. Yes you caught me... Again, see the importance of clear language? Cheers! JF -- John Foliot foliot@wats.ca Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053
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