- From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:05:23 -0500
- To: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>,WCAG WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Cc: Eval TF <public-wai-evaltf@w3.org>
Gregg, [Adding Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair, in copy] Interesting approach. There does seem to be a need for clearer (and/or more prominent) guidance on when to, and when not to, rely on the various different categories of WCAG2 Techniques. But we don't want to inadvertently introduce any other confusion in this area. I believe that the Education and Outreach Working Group has already been looking at this question somewhat and I recommend that any updated messaging in this area be explored jointly with them. Thanks, - Judy At 05:56 PM 2/14/2013 -0600, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: >We have for some time had a problem with people misunderstanding >WCAG 2.0 Techniques and Failures. Many have thought that the >Techniques were required in order to conform to WCAG 2.0. We have >done a number of things to address this - but not always with success. > >A suggestion was made that we create a single page with a simple >message that could be pointed to by people wishing to make proper >use of the Techniques clear. It was pointed out that such a page >would be useful to many stakeholders and organizations, including >the WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Taskforce. > >Such a page is posted for comments and suggestions >at <http://tinyurl.com/WCAGTechNote>http://tinyurl.com/WCAGTechNote > >This page allows you to directly comment on the page. The page >will be edited dynamically, so you can return to the page to see >changes. You can also subscribe to the page to have comments and >changes sent to you directly as they happen. (click on the Comments >button and select "notification options".) > >The options you will find there are > > >Notification settings >Don't send me any email notifications (not recommended) >Enable email notifications > >---------- >Notify me of all new comments and replies >Notify me of replies to my comments >Notify me of replies to threads that I have commented on >Notify me when I am +mentioned in a comment > > > > >Gregg >-------------------------------------------------------- >Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. >Director Trace R&D Center >Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering >and Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison >Technical Director - Cloud4all Project - ><http://Cloud4all.info>http://Cloud4all.info >Co-Director, Raising the Floor - International - ><http://Raisingthefloor.org>http://Raisingthefloor.org >and the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Project >- <http://GPII.net>http://GPII.net -- Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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