Change Log for 4/21/06 WCAG 2.0 Requirements Document

 

  1. Added John Slatin as editor
  2. Rewrote the Abstract. It used to say, "This is a W3C Working Draft produced by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG). The purpose of this document is to outline the requirements for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The Working Group encourages feedback about these requirements as well as participation in the development of the revision by people who have experience trying to create Web content that conforms to WCAG 1.0."
  3. Updated the boilerplate text in the Status section and added this paragraph, "Requirements for WCAG 2.0 is being updated at this time to reflect the current assumptions that have driven the development of WCAG 2.0."
  4. Deleted "Math Markup Language (MathML)" and "Resource Description Framework (RDF)" from "Ensure that requirements may be applied across technologies"
  5. Changed, "The WG will provide resources to help readers evaluate conformance, such as technology-specific checklists, sample content, sample renderings (aural as well as graphical), and processes for determining conformance (e.g., in conjunction with the Evaluation and Repair Tools (ERT) and Education and Outreach (EO) WGs)." to "The WCAG WG will provide resources to help readers evaluate conformance, such as success criteria, sufficient techniques, and sample content."
  6. Changed "3. Ensure that the deliverables are easy to use" to "3. Design deliverables with ease of use in mind"
  7. Changed, "The structure of the deliverables must be simple and easy to use. As part of ensuring the usability of the deliverables, the WCAG WG will incorporate usability testing into the development process." to "The structure of the deliverables should be simple and easy to use. In designing the usability of the deliverables, the WCAG WG will incorporate results from the WAI Site Redesign Task Force usability testing and and discuss the design with representatives of the EOWG."
  8. Deleted, "and localized examples should be provided where possible" from the last paragraph in 4.
  9. Deleted, "the inability to interpret and/or formulate language symbols," from the list in 5.
  10. Changed, "learning disabilities" to "reading disabilities"
  11. Deleted, "Appendix A - Consensus Items"
  12. Changed "Distinguish what is required for conformance from what provides additional accessibility". to "Specify what is required for conformance."
  13. Change "backwards compatible" to "backward and forward compatible" in list at top and title of #6
  14. Changed "Therefore, WCAG 2.0 should introduce as few changes as possible to the definition of accessible Web content. Content that conforms to WCAG 1.0 should not need many (if any) changes to conform to WCAG 2.0. Likewise, authoring tools that produce content that conforms to WCAG 1.0 should not need many (if
    any) changes to produce content that conforms to WCAG 2.0." to "Therefore, WCAG 2.0 should introduce as few changes as possible to the definition of accessible Web content. At the same time, WCAG 2.0 should be designed to work with emerging and future techologies as much as is possbile."
  15. Changed 'participants' to 'representatives' in 3
  16. Changed 'meet' to 'address' in front of 4 to agree with bottom of 4.
  17. Added "through its informative support documents" to item 1 of 5.