RE: ERT Action Item: Use Case Scenarios for EARL

Shadi,
 
Perhaps I missed something or misinterpreted the thread. I thought the
idea was to use EARL as a click through from a WAI logo to demonstrate
compliance of an accessible website. If this is the case, then it won't
necessarily add much more value to its current use, as it will not
actually prove anything.  It will only describe a list of test cases
results as collated from various sources, which will still not include
every test case performed by an auditor.
 
Perhaps I should take the usage of EARL with you offline to help me
better understand it. I've read the online guide so I think I've got a
good handle on it.
 
Paul
 
-----Original Message-----
From: public-wai-ert-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-wai-ert-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Shadi Abou-Zahra
Sent: 04 April 2005 18:04
To: 'Paul Walsh'; public-wai-ert@w3.org
Subject: Re: ERT Action Item: Use Case Scenarios for EARL
 
 
Hi Paul,
 
> This is why it's important to state in ones documentation that it is 
> not intended to cover every permutation, otherwise a missed
permutation 
> may be assumed as not covered when it fact it might have been.
 
These are Use Case scenarios for EARL and should highlight the usages of
EARL to exchange test results between different types of tools
(automated or semi-automated evaluation tools, browsers, authoring
tools, etc). These are not test case scenarios for WCAG.
 
However, I agree with you that we should point out that this is only a
subset of these use cases and that there are many more.
 
Regards,
  Shadi