Re: Proposal to fix (persistent) problem with priority of checkpoint 6.1

Ian,
The change seems reasonable to me.

Jon


At 07:13 AM 9/28/2000 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>Hello,
>
>In the 1 September UAAG 1.0 [1], checkpoint 6.1 is P1 and reads:
>
>   Implement the accessibility features of all supported specifications
>   (markup languages, style sheet languages, metadata languages,
>   graphics formats, etc.). Accessibility features are those identified
>   in the specification and those features of the specification
>   that support requirements of the "Web Content Accessibility
>   Guidelines 1.0" [WCAG10], the "Authoring Tool Accessibility
>   Guidelines 1.0" [ATAG10], and the current document. [Priority 1]
>
>The issue of whether this checkpoint should have a relative priority
>has already been raised (number 111 [2]), and at the Princeton
>face-to-face, we resolved to leave it a P1 checkpoint [3]. Eric
>has recently broached the topic again [4], asking:
>
>    "Is it a Priority 1 UAAG requirement to ensure that
>     features that support all three_ WCAG and ATAG priority
>     levels are implemented?"
>
>In fact, I see a bug in the UAAG 1.0 spec since it refers
>at a P1 level to "those features of the specifcation that support
>the requirements of ... the current document") and not all
>the requirements are P1.
>
>If I recall, the strongest argument against a relative priority
>for this checkpoint was that even if a requirement is P3 in WCAG,
>it is important for user agents to implement such features, otherwise
>there is no pressure to provide the support author's need. I believe
>the same argument may be made for ATAG requirements that refer to
>content, but not necessarily those that refer to user interface.
>
>PROPOSED FIX:
>
>   - Delete "and the current document" from 6.1. Thus, to conform
>     to this document, you must satisfy the checkpoints of this document
>     and relevant requirements of other documents at a P1 level
>
>   - Delete the reference to ATAG 1.0 (since content requirements
>     covered by WCAG and  user interface requirements covered by UAAG).
>
>   - Clearly state that we mean *all* requirements of WCAG 1.0 (P1, P2,
>and P3).
>
><NEW>
>   Implement the accessibility features of all supported specifications
>   (markup languages, style sheet languages, metadata languages,
>   graphics formats, etc.). Accessibility features are those identified
>   in the specification and those features of the specification
>   that support requirements of the "Web Content Accessibility
>   Guidelines 1.0" [WCAG10] [Priority 1]
></NEW>
>
>  - Ian
>
>[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20000901/
>[2] http://server.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#111
>[3] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/1999/12/ftf-19991210#issue-111
>[4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000JulSep/0397.html
>
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Received on Thursday, 28 September 2000 09:20:49 UTC