Re: Starter comments on WCAG 2.0 draft

Hi Tim,

Taking a look at the relative success criteria...

B.1.2 Ensure that when the tool automatically generates content it 
conforms to WCAG.
B.1.3 Ensure that all pre-authored content for the tool conforms to WCAG
B.2.1 Prompt and assist the author to create content that conforms to WCAG.
B.2.2 Check for and inform the author of accessibility problems.
B.2.3 Assist authors in repairing accessibility problems.

....they are not ironclad (if we had wanted that, we could have had one 
checkpoint, along the lines of: "Under all circumstances, all output 
must meet WCAG".)

B.1.2: applies to the tool only. If the tool allows the author to create 
content by hand, eg in a code view then this does not apply.
B.1.3: applies to the tool only. If the tool allows the authors to bring 
in their own pre-authored content, this does not apply.
B.2.1: this requires the tool to offer guidance and support, but the 
author can ignore it.
B.2.2,B.2.3: Once again, these require the tool to offer various forms 
of support, but the author can ignore this as well.

To make this more clear, we might want to change the text in "Relative 
Priority Checkpoints" under 2.1.2 to be more clear that the WCAG 
conformance level applies to the functionality and not to the final output.

Cheers,
Jan




Tim Boland wrote:
> At 02:00 PM 7/25/2005 -0400, Jan Richards wrote:
> 
> 
>> COMMENT: Remember, ATAG conformant tools don't require WCAG 
>> conformance, they just enable and support it.
> 
> 
> How is the excepted comment consistent with the language in "relative 
> priority checkpoints"
> of Section 2.1.2 of the reworked ATAG2.0 specification [1]   (perhaps 
> I'm misunderstanding the comment..)?
> 
> Thanks and best wishes
> Tim Boland NIST
> 
> [1]: http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca/public/auwg/guidelines.html
> 
>  
> 

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User Interface Design Specialist
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto

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Received on Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:58:22 UTC