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

I find this more agreeable.
Some thoughts:
1. It might help to explain that usability  is a broader concept ...of which accessibility is a part. 
  2. all usability recommendations - whose recommendations? ... needs a reference I think. The guideline is like a standard so we need to be specific.
  3. Consider changing the last part to "those aspects of usability that increase accessibility to people with disabilities".
  4. The Introduction to WCAG 1.0 listed the categories likely to be benefited very eloquently.... not just PWD. 
  Can this also be incorporated here?
  Sailesh Panchang
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wendy A Chisholm 
  To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:35 PM
  Subject: Scope of WCAG 2.0 (was: Re: Minor edits to the draft charter)



  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 :)

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  wendy a chisholm
  world wide web consortium
  web accessibility initiative
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