Re: Methodology title and acronym

Hi Vivienne, 

Just to note the current title is "Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology", rather than “WCAG Evaluation Methodology”.

That is why the acronym doesn't currently match up…

All the best 

Alistair

On 14 Nov 2013, at 14:21, WebKeyIT wrote:

> Hi Alistair and all
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> I’m not keen on ‘estimation’ as it seems too unsure.  If we help people to choose a truly representative sample, they should be able to do more than ‘estimate’.
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> Personally I’d like to keep the current name “WCAG Evaluation Methodology” with the acronym “WCAG-EM”.  It says what it is IMHO J
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> From: Alistair Garrison [mailto:alistair.j.garrison@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, 14 November 2013 9:28 PM
> To: Eval TF
> Subject: Methodology title and acronym
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> Dear All, 
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> "Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology" does not give WCAG-EM as an acronym.
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> Seemingly the title does not exactly match the current ideal that the "document provides guidance on evaluating the extent of conformance of websites to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0".
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> And, I wonder, also, that the title of the optional output - the "Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Statement" is also out of line with the new ideal.
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> The proposal I would like to float is to change the word Evaluation to Estimation in the title - 
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> The title would become "Website Accessibility Conformance - Estimation Methodology", with the acronym (WAC-EM) - and the output statement would be something like "Website Accessibility Conformance Estimate".
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> It's just for thought.
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> Very best regards 
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> Alistair
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