7 November 2000 WCAG 2.0 draft available

The 7 November 2000 working draft is available at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20001107

Latest draft always available at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/

The change log is available at: 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/change-history.html

Here is the list of changes specific to this draft:
·       Checkpoint 1.1 was modified in the following ways:
1. tried to illustrate the premise of checkpoint 1.1 in an image (ala 
Jonathan Chetwyn's and Anne Pemberton's requests for more images in WAI 
work).  I, Wendy, have never claimed to be a graphic artist and this may 
not be the most appropriate image but I wanted to give it a shot.  Provided 
a "longdesc" and "d-link."
2. realized that both Jason's and Lisa's proposals, were very similar to 
the WCAG 1.0 checkpoint 1.1. The premise of WCAG 1.0 checkpoint 1.1 
expresses what we are saying, but then confuses the issue with 
HTML-specific examples but then doesn't give rationale nor a clear 
definition of a "text equivalent." Therefore, WCAG 2.0 checkpoint 1.1 
echoes the WCAG 1.0 version, but hopefully better.
3. included a definition of "text equivalent" based on Lisa's and Jason's 
proposals as well as other comments on those proposals (Kynn, William). 
This includes rationale as to why text equivalents are necessary (per the 2 
November 2000 telecon resolution to include rationales). Refer to the 
thread "checkpoint 1.1" started by Jason White - 27 October 2000 as well as 
Lisa Seeman's response on 1 November 2000.
4. included 3 examples of "text equivalent" to further help people 
determine what it means.
5. Several people want "rationale" text or further descriptions, but 
William and Charles do not want it in this document. My sense is that we 
fold it in here, but it will not be visible in a checklist, therefore a 
"checklist" provides the "disappearing text" that William keeps talking about.
6. tried to keep the language as simple as possible.
·       Per the resolution at the 2 November 2000 telecon, added checkpoint 
1.3, which incorporates "auditory description" (checkpoint 1.3 from WCAG 
1.0). It is a rewrite of that checkpoint in the following ways:
1. It does not use an "until user agent" clause.
2. It defines "auditory description" in the note of the checkpoint. We may 
want to change 1.2 (provide synchronized equivalents) to focus on 
synchronized visual equivalents to create symmetry between the two.
·       Checkpoint 2.3 was modified in the following ways:
1. "Data model" links to an entry in the glossary
2. "Logical structure" is defined with examples.
3. Rationale was added.
4. Tried to keep the language as simple as possible.
and it is based on the discussion of Jason White's proposal from 28 October 
2000.

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wendy a chisholm
world wide web consortium
web accessibility initiative
madison, wi usa
tel: +1 608 663 6346
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