- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:47:02 -0500
- To: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>, "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Chris asked: > Imagine if we moved guideline 1 SC 2 from level 1 to > level 3. It would still require exactly the same alt text to > meet the SC. Is that right? > John replied: > Chris, in my opinion that's right-- for this specific success > criterion taken in isolation. > Actually, I believe this applies to almost all the SC. You can put them at whatever level you like and their requirement is still the same. I think we need to allow for multiple levels of conformance and the current scheme doesn't support that. There's no way to allow for (using my earlier example) level 1 conforming alt text and level 2 conforming alt text. That's why I'm suggesting that the conformance level for techniques/tests/checklists be set at the technology specific layer. Let each technology that has conformance documentation set its own conformance level. It would be much simpler and easier and bound to be more accurate. Is there a problem with moving the conformance level down to the technology specific layer? I don't think it would have much of an impact on the WCAG document itself. General conformance stuff stays in the WCAG while specific conformance stuff goes in the technology specific layer. Chris
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