RE: Business cases Re: Summary of last weeks discussion...

I agree that a "business case" itself or how to build one should not be addressed in MWBP guidelines. However clarifying the value of accessibility is useful (the generic "value proposition"), as a way for people to understand why they should read the document, and why W3C is working on it.

Best regards,
Bryan Sullivan | AT&T | Service Standards
bryan.sullivan@att.com
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From: public-bpwg-access-request@w3.org [mailto:public-bpwg-access-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Charles McCathieNevile
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:40 AM
To: Alan Chuter; EOWG; Mobile Web Accessibility Task Force
Subject: Business cases Re: Summary of last weeks discussion...


On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:01:08 -0400, Alan Chuter <achuter@technosite.es>
wrote:

> I'm updating the document with some of the points discussed (not all 
> due to lack of time today) but it won't be online for a few days so 
> here are the changes I've made.
...
>> Include the term "business case" as that is largely what the document 
>> is about, not just technical feasibility.
> "It attempts to provide a basis for building the business case for 
> adopting either the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 or the 
> Mobile Web Best Practices in a web site that already complies with 
> one. For accessibility, the Web Accessibility Initiative provides a 
> guidance document Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for 
> Your Organization."

I disagree that this document is intended to provide the business case, and do not support it doing so. The document we need is one that describes how much of one specification is met already if you have met the other (and therefore what remains). A business case document might be the province of the WAI EOWG, but not the MWBP or its Task Forces.


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cheers

Chaals

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