- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:52:02 -0400
- To: "Leonard R. Kasday" <kasday@acm.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
Conforming to the WCAG 1.0 guidelines is defined at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/#Conformance At 08:52 AM 9/13/00 , Leonard R. Kasday wrote: >"conforms to guidelines" is not exactly defined: what is defined is >conforming to particular compliance levels, A, double A, triple A, or >checkpoints. > >How about adding word "checkpoints" so it reads like this: > >The mission of the Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ER WG) is: >to make it easier for Web content developers to determine if Web content >conforms to checkpoints in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, >to make it easier for Web content developers to repair Web content that >does not meet WCAG checkpoints. > >This more obviously includes tools that focus on a subset of the >checkpoints rather than the whole guidelines, e.g. tablin. > >Len > >At 04:53 PM 9/12/00 -0400, Wendy A Chisholm wrote: >>Kynn, >> >>>There's no such thing as "accessible or not". Accessibility doesn't >>>exist in a vacuum -- this should either say "to which audiences the >>>site is accessible or inaccessible" or "if a Web site is in compliance >>>with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines." I think the latter >>>phrase is closer to the work that's been done. >> >>Good comment. The mission statement now reads, >><blockquote> >>The mission of the Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ER WG) is: >>to make it easier for Web content developers to determine if Web content >>conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, >>to make it easier for Web content developers to repair Web content that >>does not conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. >> >>The working group does this by maintaining a list of existing tools, >>developing new tools, and documenting techniques that tools may implement. >> >>This work is part of the WAI Technical Activity. The original charter for >>this group was approved June 1998. This work continues the work of that >>charter as well as pieces from the Evaluation and Repair Interest Group >>charter. The Interest Group no longer exists. >></blockquote> >> >>> >to make it easier for Web content developers to repair inaccessible >>> Web sites. >>> >The working group does this by maintaining a list of existing tools, >>> developing new tools, and documenting techniques that tools may implement. >>> >>>Hmm. Still thinking about this one. >>Does the above change alleviate your concerns for this one? >> >>--wendy >>-- >>wendy a chisholm >>world wide web consortium >>web accessibility initiative >>madison, wi usa >>tel: +1 608 663 6346 >>/-- > >-- >Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. >Institute on Disabilities/UAP and Dept. of Electrical Engineering at >Temple University >(215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY) >http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday mailto:kasday@acm.org > >Chair, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Evaluation and Repair Tools Group >http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ > >The WAVE web page accessibility evaluation assistant: >http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/ -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative madison, wi usa tel: +1 608 663 6346 /--
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