EARL Conformance Statement

We've talked a bit about a creating a conformance statement in EARL but I 
don't think we've reached any resolution yet. I'm referring to an EARL 
statement that will say whether a page conforms to an accessibility 
guideline. In particular, I'm thinking that we will soon need a statement 
saying that a page conforms to the WCAG2.

I think we've got all the elements in place using the new EARL so I'll take 
a try at creating a statement. Shown below is the EARL that states a web 
page conforms to the WCAG 2. This is valid RDF and I think it conforms to 
the new EARL schema.

Please feel free to comment.

Chris

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 
xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" 
xmlns:earl="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL/nmg-strawman#" 
xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" 
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 
xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#">

<!-- the page we're talking about -->

<earl:WebContent rdf:about="#subject">
<earl:reprOf rdf:parseType="Resource">
<dc:location 
rdf:datatype="xsd:anyURI">http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/testfiles/1-2.html</dc:location>
<dc:date 
rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gDateTime">2006-01-06T12:30:17-0500</dc:date>
<dc:format rdf:parseType="Literal">text/html</dc:format>
</earl:reprOf>
</earl:WebContent>

<!-- the tool that checked it -->

<earl:software rdf:about="#assertorTool">
<dc:title rdf:parseType="Literal" xml:lang="en">ATRC Accessibility 
Checker</dc:title>
<dct:hasVersion rdf:parseType="Literal">0.7.1</dct:hasVersion>
<dc:location 
rdf:datatype="xsd:anyURI">http://checker.atrc.utoronto.ca/servlet/ShowCheck</dc:location>
</earl:software>

<!-- the tests that were used to check it -->

<earl:TestRequirement rdf:about="#htmlTestsWcag2Level2">
<dc:title xml:lang="en">HTML Test Suite For WCAG 2.0 Level 2</dc:title>
<dc:description xml:lang="en">HTML Accessibility Tests For WCAG 2.0 Level 
2</dc:title>
<dc:location>http://example.org/tests/html/</dc:location>
</earl:TestRequirement>

<!-- the assertion stating it passes -->

<earl:Assertion>
<dc:date>2006-01-06T12:30:17-0500</dc:date>
<earl:Subject rdf:resource="#subject" />
<earl:result rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL/nmg-strawman#pass" 
/>
<earl:confidence 
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL/nmg-strawman#high" />
<earl:requirement rdf:resource="#htmlTestsWcag2Level2" />
<earl:assertedBy rdf:resource="#assertorTool" />
<earl:mode 
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL/nmg-strawman#automatic" />
</earl:Assertion>

</rdf:RDF>

Received on Friday, 6 January 2006 20:13:49 UTC