- From: Gian Sampson-Wild <gian@tkh.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:37:18 +1000
- To: "'Loretta Guarino Reid'" <lorettaguarino@google.com>
- Cc: <public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org>
---------------------------------------------------------- Comment 12: Source: http://www.w3.org/mid/000901c69538$2e394450$f4c9b23a@tkhcomputer (Issue ID: LC-1031) Baseline - Under "Examples of People and Places setting baselines" it says baseline includes only technologies supported by "accessible and affordable user agent(s)". What is the definition of "affordable"? I believe this is advocating technology preference. For instance, if Microsoft created a proprietary technology that only worked only on IE, which came bundled with new versions of Windows, then it could be argued that that proprietary technology could be included in a baseline. The W3C should not be in the advocating anything that supports large corporations taking over the web Proposed Change: Remove the baseline theory, or allow only UAAG compliant programs in baseline. ---------------------------- Response from Working Group: ---------------------------- The conformance section of WCAG2 has been completely rewritten. The term "baseline" has been replaced by "accessibility-supported Web technologies". The issue of what it means to be an accessibility-supported Web technology is addressed in the section "Accessibility Support of Web Technologies" at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#accessibility-support . ---------------------------- Response from GSW: ---------------------------- Thank you for addressing my comment.
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