- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:52:28 -0500
- To: Chuck Letourneau <cpl@starlingweb.com>
- CC: love26@gorge.net, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Chuck Letourneau wrote: > > Thanks for your note William. > > I was on the Education and Outreach call as well, and heard the discussion > around this point. While at first skeptical about the need for > clarification, I tried stepping back to look at the statement from the > point of view of a relative newcomer. I now think you are correct. > Someone might think the Guidelines are hinting (and being coy by not > mentioning names) that those machine verification applications are what we > are referring to. I would support asking the editors to add a sentence of > clarification. > > Might it be as simple as restating the existing sentence? > > "The checkpoints have been written so that it will be possible [for a > person/an author] to verify when they have been satisfied." Counter proposal: Each checkpoint is specific enough so that someone reviewing a page or site may verify that the checkpoint has been satisfied. - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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