Hey Leonie,
I'm not sure I entirely understand. The SC notes are part of the "WCAG 2.0
Guidelines" section, which is normative. Why would the note not be
normative?
W
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 6:02 PM, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> wrote:
> On 18/05/2018 16:22, Glenda Sims wrote:
>
>> Can you clarify if a "note" inside a normative section of WCAG 2.0 is
>> normative or informative? If a "note" is only informative, where is that
>> documented?
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I've heard that anything in a "note" is not normative.
>> But I can't point to anything that makes that crystal clear.
>> And...perhaps, I'm wrong.
>>
>
> I believe you're both right.
>
> The documents known as W3C Notes (as opposed to W3C Technical Reports
> (TR)) are informative. The Understanding WCAG2.0 is a W3C Note, and so it
> is entirely informative.
>
> W3C TR documents have both normative and informative content, and the type
> of content is clearly marked for each section. The notes included under
> some SC (like the one under SC1.4.2) are not marked as informative, and so
> should be considered normative.
>
> Can you help settle this debate between Wilco and me?
>> G
>>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
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