Re: [ACTION] Warnings in EARL

Hi,

Johannes Koch wrote:
> 
> Shadi Abou-Zahra schrieb:
>> I think purists would argue that these are actually three separate 
>> testable criteria hiding in one shell:
>>
>> * CSS document validity
>> * background/foreground color contrast
>> * redefinition of properties
> 
> None of the last two affect CSS validity. So the warnings are of the 
> "PASS, but you should do better" type. All of the warnings in the 
> current mobileOK basic draft are also this type.

Correct, the last two tests may not affect CSS validity (I listed that 
as a separate test) but they may or may not affect the accessibility of 
the served resource. So it really depends on the context of what you are 
testing for. No?

And as to mobileOK, the WARN seems to be a result just like a PASS or 
FAIL not an additional flag as proposed by CarlosI (however, it seems to 
be a kind of PASS too). They also define exactly when the WARN result 
should be issued by using pseudo code for each test. In WCAG we don't 
have a clear definition of when warnings should be issued so this may 
lead to tool developers misusing warning results to satisfy the users 
who don't like to see errors.


>> It seems we still need a compelling example of a real warning in the 
>> context of EARL. We often talked about warning to describe situations 
>> such as "nearly-passed" or "could-do-better".
> 
> What is "nearly-passed"? A cannotTell?

That is exactly the problem! ;) ..."nearly-passed" could just as well be 
a fail. For example, "if you just close that one tag your document would 
validate but right now it is invalid" result.


>> I can't think an example but we need one to justify this new feature.
> 
> See above.

I still don't see a definition for what a warning in the context of EARL 
is. Please propose a definition if you have a suggestion.


Regards,
   Shadi


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