RE: Method for minting new Success Criteria

Mapping them to existing SC(s) as sufficient techniques or failures makes sense, but creating supplement SC(s) will not make them normative in legal frameworks which connect to the guidelines at a point in time only, not this and forward.


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From: David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 7:38 PM
To: Wayne Dick
Cc: Joshue O Connor; WCAG
Subject: Re: Method for minting new Success Criteria

I think as much as possible we should try to map our findings into the existing WCAG which is required by law in many jurisdictions. It will be difficult to get jurisdictions to "update" their requirements, but addressing them in the existing WCAG will automatically pull them in. As long as we can map them to existing SCs


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On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com<mailto:wayneedick@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
I think the answer to this question is yes.  We are talking about needs that were missed in the first iteration 2.0.  We want the new criteria to carry the same legitimacy of the original criteria. The WCAG 2.0 process was very credible and objectively good. In all human processes there are oversights, but serious critics don't fault WCAG WG on their process or even the outcomes. We just need to fill in missing criteria with the same care used in the original process.
Wayne

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Joshue O Connor <josh@interaccess.ie<mailto:josh@interaccess.ie>> wrote:
Hi all,

The question has come up 'Do we need to follow the same form as WCAG with our extensions success criteria'? A possible method would be to map suggested COGA (and other groups) current new SCs (as techniques) to existing WCAG success criteria. And if we find that some don’t easily map to an existing SC, then that could represent a gap – and therefore the need for a new SC.

Therefore one path which could help us to troubleshoot this whole thing would be to see all current or proposed SCs – as techniques, then work backwards from there.

Another way, is to try to flip any suggested SC into a testable statement. If that can't be done, then its likely a technique that can fit an existing SC.

Comments, brickbats welcome.

Josh