- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:11:38 -0500
- To: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>, Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com>, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>, Joshue O Connor <josh@interaccess.ie>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Jonathan Mike, Katie, Joshue and all, We can think about improving concepts and verbiage. And if you want to work on it via the Wiki I put up a page at: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_2_Extension_Principles Edit at will. Kindest Regards, Laura On 7/23/15, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote: >> Ø A better word for "override" may be "cancel". So that one could read, >> "Extensions MUST NOT cancel WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements and success >> criterion." > > I agree Laura – override doesn’t feel right because you can override > something but still require the criteria. For example, a function override > in programming may extend the functionality without taking away any > functionality. So overrides are fine in our case as long as they invalidate > any part of the criteria. > > Jonathan > > -- > Jonathan Avila > Chief Accessibility Officer > SSB BART Group > jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com<mailto:jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> > Phone 703.637.8957 > Follow us: Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/ssbbartgroup> | > Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/SSBBARTGroup> | > LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/355266?trk=tyah> | > Blog<http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog> | Newsletter<http://eepurl.com/O5DP> > > From: Mike Elledge [mailto:melledge@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:23 PM > To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL; 'Laura Carlson'; 'Joshue O Connor'; 'WCAG' > Subject: Re: WCAG extension > > I like override, too. This seems like a great way to frame it. > > Mike > > > On Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:10 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL > <ryladog@gmail.com<mailto:ryladog@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I am not sure cancel is the right term. Override seems more appropriate to > me. > > > > * katie * > > Katie Haritos-Shea > Senior Accessibility SME (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) > > Cell: 703-371-5545 | ryladog@gmail.com<mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> | Oakton, > VA | LinkedIn Profile | Office: 703-371-5545 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Carlson > [mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com<mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:05 PM > To: Joshue O Connor; WCAG > Subject: Re: WCAG extension > > Hi again, > > On 7/23/15, Laura Carlson > <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com<mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Extensions MUST NOT override WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements and >> success criterion. (Principle to answer question 2) > > A better word for "override" may be "cancel". So that one could read, > "Extensions MUST NOT cancel WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements and success > criterion." > > Kindest Regards, > Laura > > -- > Laura L. Carlson > > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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