- From: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:22:50 -0400
- To: WCAG WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <53B407AA.5030902@w3.org>
Here is a proposal for the remainder of the issue raised in LC-2895 about disclaiming the role of techniques for technologies. We already accepted a paragraph for the disclaimer. This proposal is intended to increase the likelihood of people seeing the disclaimer. It has had preliminary approval from people present on last week's WCAG teleconference, and has been approved by the EOWG. So now I'm running it by the entire list to solicit formal approval from the WCAG WG at next week's meeting. Michael For each individual Technique page (e.g., <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/ARIA1>), update as follows: * Add a new section at the top entitled "Important information about Techniques" with content: See Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria <http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/understanding-techniques.html> for important information about the usage of these informative techniques and how they relate to the normative WCAG 2.0 success criteria. The Applicability section explains the scope of the technique, and the presence of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0. * Delete the section "Techniques are Informative" from the bottom of those pages, since it is made redundant by the above addition at the top of the pages. For each technology-specific page (e.g., <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/aria.html>, in the info at the top, add the middle paragraph below (wording that WCAG WG & EOWG already agreed upon): This Web page lists [technology] Techniques from Techniques for WCAG 2.0: Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. Technology-specific techniques do not replace the general techniques: content developers should consider both general techniques and technology-specific techniques as they work toward conformance. Publication of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0 success criteria and conformance requirements. Developers need to be aware of the limitations of specific technologies and provide content in a way that is accessible to people with disabilities. For additional important information about the techniques, see Introduction to Techniques for WCAG 2.0. For a list of techniques for other technologies, see the Table of Contents.
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