- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:05:44 -0700
- To: "Matt May" <mcmay@bestkungfu.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 8:43 AM -0700 2001/10/23, Matt May wrote: >While I'm not excited about the status quo, or with point-scoring schemes, I >think that it would be reasonable to create accessibility profiles for >different web site types (education, government, content, commerce, etc.), >and declare for each group what the obstacles are and how to solve them. The >needs of people using assistive technologies differ slightly in each area, >which I think is partly responsible for complicating the prioritization >process which no one here is all too eager to begin. I agree that there are differences, but I don't agree that this group -- which is not at all representative of those audiences -- should be the ones to issue guidelines for those groups. W3C should not be in the position of dictating requirements in areas for which we don't have the appropriate expertise to comment. Higher education web developers and policymakers should set educational web accessibility standards. Government web developers and policymakers should set government web accessibility standards. E-commerce web developers and policymakers should set e-commerce web accessibility standards. And so on. And they should do so using the WCAG 2.0 framework as a basis for setting those policies. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network ________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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