Re: How 2.4.5 Multiple Ways ought to apply to software

Hi Bruce

Sorry  I wasn’t writing this as WCAG2ICT TF member interpreting the example but as the WCAG CoChair at the time this was written -- and one of the people who wrote it.     I thought that would be of interest. 

Also if the example isn't clear - then we (WCAG ) should rewrite it or extend the language to make it clear.   The CAPTCHA isn't what was excepted from the SC  - it was the page after the CAPTCHA.  

Gregg
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On Aug 10, 2012, at 9:47 AM, "Bailey, Bruce" <Bailey@Access-Board.gov> wrote:

> My understanding is we should be taking WCAG at face value.  I do not believe that this list is the correct venue for discussing If something is meant by that example other than what it plainly states.
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> From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gv@trace.wisc.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:30 AM
> To: Michael Pluke
> Cc: Bailey, Bruce; Andi Snow-Weaver; public-wcag2ict-tf@w3.org
> Subject: Re: How 2.4.5 Multiple Ways ought to apply to software
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> that example was added to say
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> "If the only way to get to some page is to go first through a CAPTCHA page -- then you do not have to have a second way to get to that page (besides the captcha page) because doing a CAPTCHA first is part of the process. "
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> [snip]
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> From: Bailey, Bruce [mailto:Bailey@Access-Board.gov] 
> Sent: 10 August 2012 12:56
> To: Andi Snow-Weaver; public-wcag2ict-tf@w3.org
> Subject: How 2.4.5 Multiple Ways ought to apply to software
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> For Tuesday, might we survey if task force members believe that most (all?) software falls into the “except where the [X] is the result of, or a step in, a process” half of 2.4.5?
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> I submit that WCAG has a pretty broad definition of “process”.  Please see Example 2:  “An account registration page requires successful completion of a Turing test before the registration form can be accessed.”
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#processdef