Re: Scope of WCAG 2.0 (was: Re: Minor edits to the draft charter)

Wendy and The Group -

Basically, I like what Roberto offers-up as a change to the "Scope" as
presently written.  The sentence, "In some cases something that makes Web
content more 'usable' by one person makes it 'accessible' to another." seems
a bit awkward but I cannot figure out a better written solution - what about
saying -

In most cases (as opposed to - in some cases) a bit more pro-active (but
what do I know).

And, I wish I could word-smith a better word for the "something" in the same
sentence.  

The flavor of what's being said, is GREAT!  Thanks Roberto!  And, I can live
with it the way Roberto has written it, too.


Doyle Burnett
Education and Training Specialist
Multiple Disabilities Program
Special Education Service Agency
dburnett@sesa.org
Www.sesa.org
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On 9/2/03 12:35 PM, "Wendy A Chisholm" <wendy@w3.org> wrote:

> 
> To address Roberto's comment, does anyone disagree with replacing the scope
> of WCAG 2.0 [1] with:
> "These guidelines cover a wide range of issues and recommendations for
> making Web content more accessible. They include recommendations to make
> pages accessible and usable by people with a full range of
> disabilities.  In some cases something that makes Web content more 'usable'
> by one person makes it 'accessible' to another.  The guidelines do not
> attempt to address all usability recommendations, but  instead focus on
> those aspects of usability that increase accessibility."
> 
> --wendy
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#scope
> 
> At 03:03 AM 8/23/2003, you wrote:
> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Wendy A Chisholm" <wendy@w3.org>
>> To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:12 PM
>> Subject: Minor edits to the draft charter
>> 
>> 
>>> 4. Scope:  item #1 under scope now reads:
>>>         "Advance WCAG 2.0 further towards a W3C Recommendation, per
>>> requirements ...."
>> 
>> Hi,
>> we have received from Michele Diodati (www.diodati.org) an italian
>> expert of accessibility that has done some translations of W3C rec., the
>> following question:
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#scope
>> 
>> "These guidelines cover a wide range of issues and recommendations for
>> making Web content more accessible. They include recommendations to make
>> pages accessible and usable by people with a full range of disabilities.
>> In general, the guidelines do not include standard usability
>> recommendations except where they have specific ramifications for
>> accessibility beyond standard usability impacts."
>> 
>> For a non-english speaking (and I think also for english ones) is not
>> clear what means "In general, the guidelines do not include standard
>> usability recommendations except where they have specific ramifications
>> for accessibility beyond standard usability impacts." and must be
>> explained in more "plain language".
>> 
>> If the "scope" is not clear, is it not a good thing :)

Received on Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:18:11 UTC