Comment: Review Teams (Optional)

At CSUN we had a discussion regarding the Review Teams. The key points of
the discussion are:

   - Most evaluations of pages are done by individual evaluators. in large
   organizations pages are assigned to individuals
   - Historically, the 2005 statement was clarified to us by EO that the
   intent was about ensuring all the competencies were met rather than
   focusing on a number of people doing the evaluation
   - Sometimes individual evaluators are more accurate than a group. It
   depends on core competencies rather than number of people
   - There is a section immediately following this section on teams that
   recommends users with disabilities be included. This is a good section, and
   recommended. The Team Review section is about evaluators rather than user
   testing, which is a different issue.


Here is a suggested rewrite:

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Current text

*Review Teams (Optional)*

This methodology can be carried out by an individual evaluator with the
skills described in the section *Required
Expertise*<http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/conformance/ED-methodology-20140129#expertise>.
However, using the combined expertise of review teams provides broader
coverage of the required skills and helps identify accessibility barriers
more effectively. While not required for using this methodology, the use of
review teams is recommended when performing an evaluation of a website. *Using
Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web
Accessibility*<http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/reviewteams>provides further
guidance beyond the scope of this document.

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Suggested text

*Core Competencies and Combined Expertise*

This methodology requires a variety of core competencies described in the
section *Required
Expertise*<http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/conformance/ED-methodology-20140129#expertise>.
If all of the competencies cannot be met by an individual evaluator, then a
team approach may be used. When a team is used, ensure that each page has
evaluators with combined expertise that meet all the core competencies
required for that page.






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