Edits to ATAG Part A

In an effort to clean up ATAG's Part A prior to the F2F, I propose the 
following: (see attached for how it would look in the draft)

- break up "A.?.1 Ensure that browser-accessed functionality
conforms to WCAG" and add it as applicable to the success criteria
of other requirements: A.1.1, A.1.2, A.1.3, A.2.2, A.2.3, A.2.4,
A.2.7, A.3.2, A.4.1. I propose this because simply requiring all of WCAG 
in a checkpoint goes beyond what is required of tools that are not 
Web-based.

- move "A.?.2 Provide personalized configuration." into "GUIDELINE
A.2: Authoring Interface must be Operable".
+ BUT actually I'm wondering if this checkpoint is even really 
necessary. It requires tools to have settings profiles which is nice 
when tools are used by many users like a public access browser, but 
maybe not needed in ATAG.

- merge "A.?.3 Ensure that documentation is accessible. [RP]" with
A.3.4 to produce "A.3.4 Document the authoring interface including
all interface accessibility features." while preserving all success 
criteria.

- move "A.?.4 Ensure previews emulate accessible rendering features
of browsers." into "GUIDELINE A.2: Authoring Interface must be
Operable". Of the four Part A guidelines, I think this is the best fit.

+ THE ABOVE CHANGES LEAVE A.? EMPTY - so this header can be removed

- merge "A.1.4 Ensure that the audio presentation is configurable"
into "A.1.3 Ensure that visual displays are configurable" to form
"A.1.3 Ensure that all displays are configurable." Conceptually they are 
  the same and the success criteria can include audio, visual and 
perhaps tactile (if applicable) requirements.

- remove "A.1.5 Ensure enhanced access to multimedia." - let's just
cover this stuff in "A.1.2 Provide synchronized alternatives for
multimedia." and "A.1.3 Ensure that all displays are configurable."

- For "A.1.6 Allow the display preferences for the editing view to
be changed without affecting the document markup." break the
success criteria implied by "and vice versa" out into "The author
must be able to configure the presentation settings of all Web
content being edited without affecting the display of the editing
view."

- Merged "A.2.8 Separate selection from activation." into "A.2.2
Ensure that all functionality is operable via a keyboard or a
keyboard interface." preserving the success criteria.

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Please respond to the list. If I get the sense that there is agreement I 
can get started on updating the techniques draft to match ahead of the F2F.

Cheers,
Jan

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Jan Richards, M.Sc.
User Interface Design Specialist
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto

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