Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft of May, 2007

Dear AUWG,

Thank you for your comments on the 17 May 2007 Public Working Draft of
the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/). The WCAG Working Group
has reviewed all comments received on the May draft, and will be
publishing an updated Public Working Draft shortly. Before we do that,
we would like to know whether we have understood your comments
correctly, and also whether you are satisfied with our resolutions.

Please review our resolutions for the following comments, and reply to
us by 19 November 2007 at public-comments-wcag20@w3.org to say whether
you are satisfied. Note that this list is publicly archived. Note also
that we are not asking for new issues, nor for an updated review of
the entire document at this time.

Please see below for the text of comments that you submitted and our
resolutions to your comments. Each comment includes a link to the
archived copy of your original comment on
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/, and may
also include links to the relevant changes in the WCAG 2.0 Editor's
Draft of May-October 2007 at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20071102/

Thank you for your time reviewing and sending comments. Though we
cannot always do exactly what each commenter requests, all of the
comments are valuable to the development of WCAG 2.0.

Regards,

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact

On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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Comment 1: Definition of "Technology" should be changed to allow
synchronization with AUWG's definition of "content type"
Source: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0184.html
(Issue ID: 2045)
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Original Comment:
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ATAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.0 should use a common term for
technology/content-type. AUWG's problem with the current WCAG 2.0
definition of "technology" ("markup language, programming language,
style sheet, data format, or API ") is the appearance of the term
"API" in the list. For the record, ATAG 2.0's current definition of
"content-type" is "A data format, programming or markup language that
is intended to be retrieved and rendered by a user agent (e.g., HTML,
CSS, SVG, PNG, PDF, Flash, JavaScript or combinations).".

Proposed Change:
Remove "API"



markup language, programming language, style sheet, or data format

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Response from Working Group:
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We have removed the term "API" from the definition and have revised
the definition slightly to harmonize with ATAG. It now reads:

technology (Web content)
    mechanism for encoding instructions to be rendered, played or
executed by user agents

    Note 1: As used in these guidelines "Web Technology" and the word
"technology" (when used alone) both refer to Web Content Technologies.

    Note 2: Web content technologies may include markup languages,
data formats, or programming languages that authors may use alone or
in combination to create end-user experiences that range from static
Web pages to multimedia presentations to dynamic Web applications.

    Example: Some common examples of Web content technologies include
HTML, CSS, SVG, PNG, PDF, Flash, and JavaScript.

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Comment 2: "Authoring tools" section has been removed
Source: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0185.html
(Issue ID: 2046)
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Original Comment:
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The AUWG feels that the "Authoring tools" section, which was created
by a joint effort between the WCAG-GL and AUWG provided valuable
context for WCAG 2.0 and its apparent replacement by the text
"Introduces guidelines on the design of authoring and evaluation
tools." appears insufficent.

Proposed Change:
Restore the "Authoring tools" section:



Authoring tools

A large part of Web content is created using authoring tools. These
tools often determine how Web content is implemented, either by making
authoring decisions directly or by limiting the choices available to
the author. As a result, authoring tools will play an important role
in creating Web content that conforms to the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines. At the same time, we recommend that all authors become
familiar with the Guidelines because this will help in creating
accessible content and coverage of the Guidelines may vary between
tools.

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Response from Working Group:
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We have been told by many commenters to reduce the size of the
introduction.  We have therefore reduced it even more than the last
draft, and adding this paragraph back would be out of proportion with
the rest of the introduction.  We have, by making the introduction
shorter, provided a greater emphasis on the link to the authoring
tools guidelines and to the document that covers all of the WAI
guidelines.

Received on Sunday, 4 November 2007 04:14:35 UTC