Re: WebAIM's Accessibility Evaluation Framework

You'd probably get surpised of the expressivity of XSLT or XQuery or 
Shematron.

For instance, the WAEX [1] result for http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/ can 
be found at 
http://www.it.uc3m.es/~per/cgi-bin/xslt.cgi?xmlfile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2FER%2Ftests%2F&level=aaaplus&alt_max=100&title_max=40&th_max=40&option_max=20&ff_max=6&enablerepair=yes

As you can see: from 50+ rules, only two tests fail for 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/:

1.- Some deprecated HTML attributes (transtalable to CSS) remain (list's 
type)

2.- Headings are improperly used (a h2 is used without a preceding h1).

XSLT/XQuery/Schematron/CLiX can provide ready-to-run tests for many 
accessibility conditions from WCAG 2.0. Not only simple tests like the 
ones mentioned above, but also complex ones like the ones checking for the 
existence of label elements describing form fields.

Cheers.

[1] http://www.it.uc3m.es/vlc/waex.html

Vicente Luque Centeno
Dep. Ingeniería Telemática
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
http://www.it.uc3m.es/vlc

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:

> Hi Vicente,
>
> Vicente Luque Centeno wrote:
>> I also challenge W3C's WG to work towards this attempt, in order to provide 
>> a common set of tests for WCAG 2.0.
>
> Please find information about the work of the WCAG 2.0 Test Samples 
> Development Task Force (TSD TF), and how this relates to the "Test Procedure" 
> sections of the WCAG 2.0 Techniques:
>
> TSD TF Home Page:
> * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2006/tests/>
>
> WCAG 2.0 Test Samples:
> * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/>
>
> Note that this group is currently still forming but we expect to publish 
> first results fairly soon. Let me know if you have questions or comments 
> regarding this work.
>
> Best,
>  Shadi
>
>
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