- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:12:04 -0400 (EDT)
- To: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- cc: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
In the disussions where we created the structure of WCAG 1, we decided that we want ed abstract guidelines which were statements of principle, and more specific checkpoints, which were verifiable but independent of particular technologies. The idea was good, the first implementation could be improved. In the second one we have done a better job of shifting the tings that are abstract into the top layer, and the things that are verifiable into the second, and shifting things that are technology specific into the third. (Think about checkpoints in WCAG 1 like 1.1 - they are not based on a particular technology, are verifiable, and it is helpful to have techniques for them in specific technologies and situations. cheers Charles On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, William Loughborough wrote: JW:: "...all involve some departures from past practices..." WL: Good! That's the point. Or at least a point. The previous manifestations of the document lacked a layer that was sufficiently general and abstract. The new one has such a layer. It doesn't matter what they are called. The top layer (called "principles" so far) is not only not technology-specific it might not even refer exclusively to the Web. We need this and we're very close to it already. -- -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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