RE: Re[2]: acceptance criteria for new success criteria

From: Michael Pluke [mailto:Mike.Pluke@castle-consult.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:46 AM

I fully agree with your thoughts.

I think the questions that arise from this is are:


-        “are there ways that W3C start to define the “WCAG-like specifications” that you refer to?” and;

-        “how can these specifications be seen as in some way a part of WCAG to be used where there is personalization support that can be used to activate the features specified by these “WCAG-like specifications”?”


I think the question of what personalization framework is ultimately employed (e.g. GPII or some other alternative) is separate from the question of how the aboce specifications get defined and standardised.


I partially agree. The vocabulary with which the preferences are defined is important. If documents are to be developed that state how an application should adapt its user interface given specific combinations of accessibility preferences, then we need a common vocabulary and semantics with which to express at least some of those preferences.

I am also undecided whether such documents belong at the techniques level, or whether they should be technology-independent as WCAG itself strives to be. If application and UI library authors are going to take advantage of personalization, they need good guidance on how to do it, and this I foresee as the role that could be filled by documentation occupying the same general territory as WCAG.


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