RE: mission statement

I have left it as "determine" because the author isn't necessarily 
performing the tests, per se;  the tool is. The author may just be looking 
at the information from the tool (as with the WAVE) to determine if their 
page conforms.

thanks for the suggestion, tho.
--wendy

At 05:05 PM 9/12/00 , Dick Brown wrote:
>I suggest a slight rewording to sharpen the focus (new words between
>asterisks):
>"...make it easier for Web content developers to *test whether* Web content
>conforms..."
>
>Dick Brown
>Program Manager, Web Accessibility
>Microsoft Corp.
>www.microsoft.com/enable
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wendy A Chisholm [mailto:wendy@w3.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:53 PM
>To: Kynn Bartlett
>Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
>Subject: Re: mission statement
>
>
>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
>/--

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wendy a chisholm
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