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Re: Reviewing SpecName

From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:19:33 +0200
Message-ID: <4613FA45.3010609@w3.org>
To: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>
CC: public-wai-ert-tsdtf@w3.org

Hi Christophe,


Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> 
> At 20:08 3/04/2007, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
>> After re-reading the checklist for content review, I wonder if we 
>> should say something about the usage of SpecName in the metadata. The 
>> SpecName technologies in there should really match the intention (or 
>> references) of the respective WCAG 2.0 Technique.
>>
>> Any objections? Any wording suggestions?
> 
> I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at.
> Is this related to the applicability section in the WCAG 2.0 techniques 
> and failures? I.e. do you mean that the content review should check that 
> technologies in the test sample (or at least the technology in which the 
> technique or failure can be highlighted) is also in the applicability 
> section? (Or rather the other way around?)

For example, the test sample "sc1.3.1_l1_018" applies to (X)HTML. What 
happens if the SpecName attribute (wrongly) refers to CSS instead? This 
must be checked...

Regards,
   Shadi


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