- From: Graham Oliver <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:38:53 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@W3.org
Hello In response to the request for feedack posted to the wai-ig list. I have looked at the 'target audience' for WCAG 2.0. Referencing the WCAG Charter at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/new-charter-2000.html the target audience is initially defined in the Mission as '...Web content authors and developers' In section 2.2 'Intended audience for deliverables' I am confused as to whether paragraph 1 is broadening the target audience for WCAG 2.0 or merely making comments about WCAG 1.0. The 2nd paragraph appears to be making tacit assumptions about a wider target audience than simply 'Web content authors and developers' That is 1. ....'with sufficient technical precision to be used as a normative reference for Web content accessibility' This would appear to be referring to a 'target audience', perhaps policy makers? but it isn't clear to me. 2. ....'and with language accessible to non-technical audience' This would apear to be rererring to a 'target audience' but I am not sure what the limits are on this audience. Now looking at the current draft of WCAG 2.0 the Target Audience is summed up as follows.... 'We expect that *policy makers* will use the Guideline and Checkpoint level, while *developers* will dive into Techniques and *managers* might only need to read the Overview of Design Principles' However I look at it I don't see a clear alignment between the 'target audience' as defined in the Charter and that presented in the current draft of WCAG 2.0 Why does this concern me? At its most basic level if I were asked what the target audience was for 'WCAG 2.0' I would have to reply either 'I am not sure' or 'Well probably or possibly ......' I am just looking to be able to answer this question with more clarity in the hope that it will not only be of benefit to me :-) Cheers Graham Oliver ===== 'Making on-line information accessible' Mobile Phone : +64 25 919 724 - New Zealand Work Phone : +64 9 846 6995 - New Zealand AIM ID : grahamolivernz ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
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