Re: Adding an Example 4: Validating PDF ( LC-2745)

 Dear Kerstin Probiesch ,

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has reviewed the
comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the Techniques
for WCAG 2.0 published on 3 Jan 2012. 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 2 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/E1U2Gjk-0000kL-U6@nelson.w3.org
 2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/


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Your comment on G134: Validating Web pages:
> Accessibility of PDF is becoming more and more important. The examples
> in this SC are limited to HTML and XML. I feel next updates of WCAG 2.0
> should also give guidance about validating PDF.
> 
> Proposed Change:
> Include an Example 4: Validating PDF.
> 
> Include a section "Validating PDF" (Ressources) and PDF accessibility
> checker (PAC) as a Ressource and also the .Acrobat Accessibility Checker
> (Full Check)


Working Group Resolution (LC-2745):
G134 is a sufficient technique for SC 4.1.1, however, SC 4.1.1 only applies
to mark-up languages, and PDF is not a mark-up language. Validating a PDF
file may do nothing to improve its accessibility, for example, valid PDF
files are not required to contains tags, which are an optional feature of
PDF.

The PDF Technology Notes,
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20-TECHS/pdf_notes.html, contains a section on
Accessibility Checking and Repair. We would consider adding resources on
accessibility checking and repair to the PDF Technology Notes
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20-TECHS/pdf_notes.html. We welcome suggested
resources for this.

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Received on Tuesday, 23 July 2013 12:43:00 UTC