RE: Should validity be P1 or P2? (was RE: summary of resolutions from last 2 days)

Joe Clark wrote:

<blockquote>
I thank the cochair for his contribution. However, it wasn't what I am 
looking for. I need URLs to three real-world Web sites-- not 
custom-crafted just for this discussion and not code snippets-- that
have 
valid code and provable accessibility defects.
</blockquote>

Just for the record, the code I sent wasn't created for the purposes of
this discussion-- I was investigating techniques for providing links to
multiple versions of the same title without having to make authors
repeat the title for each link to a different version of the title. I
fully expected JAWS to handle it.

I completely agree that contemporary user agents, including contemporary
assistive technologies, should render valid code.

And I am not arguing one side or the other in what has now become a
religious debate. It just seemed to me that the case I sent might
complicate things and I'm curious as to how or whether others involved
in this discussion think it affects anything.

John the Cockhare

The example I sent just happens to be an instance of a case where valid
code doesn't guarantee accessibility.


"Good design is accessible design." 
John Slatin, Ph.D.
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University of Texas at Austin
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Subject: RE: Should validity be P1 or P2? (was RE: summary of
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> Here is a very small example in which valid code doesn't guarantee
> accessibility.

I thank the cochair for his contribution. However, it wasn't what I am 
looking for. I need URLs to three real-world Web sites-- not 
custom-crafted just for this discussion and not code snippets-- that
have 
valid code and provable accessibility defects.

Given John's evidence, we also have to evaluate claims of
inaccessibility 
against user agents that don't understand the very stable HTML spec.

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     Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org
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Received on Monday, 20 June 2005 17:52:58 UTC