Editorial: Checkpoint 2.1

• From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
• Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:39:31 -0500
• To: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000110172911.00bdb270@pop.tiac.net>

Checkpoint 2.1 Ensure that the user has access to all content, including 
alternative equivalent representations for content.

The meaning of "equivalent" from Random House Dictionary:
1. equal in value, measure, force, significance, etc.
2. corresponding in position, function., etc.

All we assert is that comparable information is available, differently
represented. I think that "equivalent" asserts equality or correspondence,
both of which seem beyond what we expect.

Regards/Harvey Bingham

Received on Monday, 10 January 2000 19:00:24 UTC