- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:28:23 -0500
- To: John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com>
- Cc: 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 John, Great to hear from you. Yes, I think we are in agreement of what we want to say for that principle. It is just getting the right word. I am leaning toward the word "countermand" too. Kindest Regards, Laura On 7/23/15, John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > First, Laura, I think this approach is a great idea (adopting RFC 2119 MUST, > SHOULD, MAY) in setting the definitions and parameters of the extensions > work, so a hearty +1 for that. > > Re: cancel/over-ride/countermand - currently I would lean towards > countermand, however there may be other phrases/terms that might also fit. I > think however that there is a general agreement of the principle that we are > trying to name, in that extensions will not step back from existing Success > Criteria, but rather augment or 'improve' existing SC. > > Is this what we are saying? > > JF > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Laura Carlson [mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:12 AM >> To: Jonathan Avila; Mike Elledge; Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL; Joshue O >> Connor; >> WCAG >> Subject: Re: WCAG extension >> >> 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 > > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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