Re: ACTION-2053: Draft-y language for Accessibility Considerations sections

We should keep in mind that the interface that uses these APIs may not 
be well covered by WCAG (at least at present). Definitely a good idea to 
point people to WCAG, but I'd hesitate to say that accessibility 
requirements are defined by them.

Léonie.

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On 10/08/2016 23:23, Shane McCarron wrote:
> The APA working group has requested that I add something in there about
> how may requirements on user interface experiences are defined via
> WCAG.  I will incorporate some language about that tomorrow.
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk
> <mailto:tink@tink.uk>> wrote:
>
>     LGTM.
>
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>     On 10/08/2016 17:41, Shane McCarron wrote:
>
>         So, to be clear, the final version of the proposed wording is:
>
>             This specification has no defined user interface. Consequently,
>             there are no specific accessibility requirements on
>         implementations.
>             However, to the extent that an implementation provides user
>             interactions to support this specification, the
>         implementation must
>             ensure that the interface is exposed to the platform
>         accessibility
>             API. Moreover, implementors should take into consideration
>         the needs
>             of their users with varying abilities when designing
>         solutions that
>             implement this specification. For example, the use of biometric
>             authentication techniques should be varied enough to allow for
>             people with widely differing physical abilities.
>
>
>
>         On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk
>         <mailto:tink@tink.uk>
>         <mailto:tink@tink.uk <mailto:tink@tink.uk>>> wrote:
>
>             On 09/08/2016 14:12, Shane McCarron wrote:
>
>                 Nice!  Friendly amendment?  I think that "widely
>         differing physical
>                 abilities" is more poetic than "widely different physical
>                 abilities".
>                 What do you think?
>
>             +1
>
>
>             Léonie.
>
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>         Shane McCarron
>         Projects Manager, Spec-Ops
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