Re: GL comment

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

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Received on Sunday, 14 March 1999 18:51:16 UTC