- From: Sailesh Panchang <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:43:35 -0400
- To: "'EOWG'" <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <017701c441cf$c972b4b0$a401a8c0@deque.local>
Judy, Use of term "fragmentation": I know we discussed this but I am still uncomfortable with its use. Example: Under Sec 508 standards, there are sections covering software apps, Web content, etc. If they were made into separate standards, I would regard it as fragmentation. Likewise, can it be argued separation of the trio into separate docs - WCAG, UAAG and ATAG is fragmentation? In fact accessibility depends on interplay of content, browser behavior and assistive tech features and an accessibility guideline should encompass all of them. When different countries or orgs come up with their standards, it is true they depend heavily on W3C recommendations / guidelines and adopt a lot of their content. They may add some items into the standards that are not in the WCAG or choose to exclude some checkpoints. But in the end their respective docs are regarded by them as the complete standards for their own purposes. So I consider these to be "multiple standards" and not fragmentation. Sailesh Panchang Senior Accessibility Engineer Deque Systems,11180 Sunrise Valley Drive, 4th Floor, Reston VA 20191 Tel: 703-225-0380 Extension 105 E-mail: sailesh.panchang@deque.com Fax: 703-225-0387 * Look up <http://www.deque.com> *
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