Guideline 4.1 - "ensure-compat" issue summary and proposals

Issue 1416 - authors need work-arounds for current technologies

Close with comment: The issue of workarounds for current technologies is addressed by the inclusion of user agent and assistive technology support notes sections in the techniques documents. It is also addressed by success criterion 4.2.1, which requires alternate versions if a version of the content does not meet all level 1 WCAG 2.0 requirements.

Issue 1671 - 4.2 L1 SC 3 also apply to output-only controls

Close with comment: Addressed by edits to 4.1.2. Revised proposal for 4.1.2.

Issue 1672 - 4.2 L1 SC 4 should apply to controls

Close with comment: Addressed by edits to 4.1.2. Revised proposal for 4.1.2.

Issue 1673 - 4.2 L1 SC 5 Replace the phrase "changed programmatically"

Close with comment: Addressed by edits to 4.1.2. Revised proposal for 4.1.2.

Issue 1674 - 4.2 L1 SC 5 term is undefined

Close with comment: Addressed by edits to 4.1.2. Revised proposal for 4.1.2.

Issue 1678 - 4.2 L2 SC 1 need to clarify

Close with comment: Subsumed. This success criterion was removed in the 23 November 2005 working draft.

Issue 1775 - SC 4.1.1 should require conformance to specifications

Close with comment: Fully Conforming to specifications is listed as a sufficient technique for 4.1.1. However, the working group was unable to achieve consensus on validation or full conformance to specifications in this guideline for a variety of reasons. Refer to Validity and Accessibility (http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2005/06/validity-accessibility.html) and the 10 Nov 2005 Weekly Meting minutes (http://www.w3.org/2005/11/10-wai-wcag-minutes.html#item021) for background and discussion on this topic.

Issue 1807 - Can't understand SC 4.1.1 - delivery unit

Close with comment: The term "delivery unit" is no longer used in the guidelines. Please refer to How to Meet Success Criterion 4.1.1 and related techniques for additional information and explanation of this criterion.

Issue 1893 - concerns that 4.1.2 prohibits HTML components

Close with comment: Addressed by edits to 4.1.2. Revised proposal for 4.1.2.