- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:46:30 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
- Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.2.20001201112848.00a92010@pop.rcn.com>
A. http://www.w3.org/WAI/ refers to "Policy" as one Resource My first intuition is that the policy applies to WAI, or possibly W3C. It is a link to the document: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/#po where the clarification appears, with a link to the details: Policies Relating to Web Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Policy I suggest a more explicit replacement title: "Government Accessibility Laws and Policies" I find too much ambiguity in "Policy," whether it is expediency, prudence, course of action, practical wisdom, polity, or even insurance. I believe a WAI purpose is to provide the technical expertise and guidelines to effect law. "Polity" does include the concept of government regulation. Random House Webster's dictionary: Policy(1) 1. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc: a new company policy. 2. a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: U.S. trade policy. 3. action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency. 4. prudence, practical wisdom, or expediency. 5. government: polity [ambiguous but inappropriate second definition: Policy(2) 1. a document embodying a contract of insurance. 2. a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.] Polity 1. a particular form of government or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity. 2. a state or other organized community or body. 3. the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body. 4. government or administrative regulation. Regards/Harvey
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