Re: Understanding SC 2.4.8 ( LC-2798)

 Dear Devarshi Pant ,

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has reviewed the
comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the
Understanding WCAG 2.0 (Public Review Draft) published on 11 Jul 2013.
Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and to send us
comments!

The Working Group's response to your comment is included below.

Please review it carefully and let us know by email at
public-comments-wcag20@w3.org if you agree with it or not before 25 August
2013. In case of disagreement, you are requested to provide a specific
solution for or a path to a consensus with the Working Group. If such a
consensus cannot be achieved, you will be given the opportunity to raise a
formal objection which will then be reviewed by the Director during the
transition of this document to the next stage in the W3C Recommendation
Track.

Thanks,

For the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group,
Michael Cooper
W3C Staff Contact

 1.
http://www.w3.org/mid/CAJGQbjvU6dHvCbnGYK2_vbCMY-aAWXNckN4S0pUuYfr8pUEusA@mail.gmail.com
 2. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2013/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20130711/


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Your comment on :
> Understanding SC 2.4.8 at
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-location.html
> 
> Problem:
> The existing set of techniques could include the page title (G88) as a
> sufficient / advisory technique.
> 
> Proposed Change:
> Using page title also serves to orient users on their location. Use
> G88:
> Providing descriptive titles for Web pages
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/G88 as a
> sufficient
> technique under SC 2.4.8. If the editors feel that the length of the
> page
> title string cannot be accommodated in the title bar, consider using
> this
> as an advisory.
> 
> -Devarshi


Working Group Resolution (LC-2798):
The WG thanks you for your comment.  Technique G88 applies to a single web
page, whereas the intent of SC2.4.8 is to allow the user to determine
location within a larger context than a single web page (for example, a
series of web pages).  Therefore, the inclusion of G88 as a
sufficient/advisory technique for SC2.4.8 does not seem warranted, because 
title contents themselves may not give location information to a user
within a larger website or web application.  However, we intend to develop
a future technique which suggests how to implement page titles in a way
which can address SC2.4.8.

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Received on Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:40:46 UTC