Re: Question on 4.1.1 Parsing - what it covers

This was a carefully negotiated and precarious issue in WCAG2. Some were
very vocal and very strong about requiring full validation. In the end the
consensus was that we did not want Accessibility Budgets being used up
chasing down ampersands (&) and trivial things that browsers and AT have
overcome. We wanted accessibility budgets to only be allocated to
validation issues that impacted AT, and accessibility. This was the list we
came up with. Some people like the folks at WebAim would like us to
consider completely removing 4.1.1.

I personally feel that we came up with a reasonable balance with the
current requirements. Maybe in an WCAG.NEXT we'll review and give WebAim an
ear to present their case, and also those who would like to see more
validation requirements.

David & Kirsten MacDonald




On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <
ryladog@gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
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> Do we as the Working Group consider 4.1.1 Parsing to include ONLY the 4
> specific examples identified in the Success Criteria, or, do we believe
> that 4.1.1 Parsing to includes those 4 examples plus other things where
> parsing failures might affect AT?  (I know that a doctype declaration is
> NOT a parsing failure).
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> ​​​​​This 4 things listed in 4.1.1 are:
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> 1.       elements have *complete* *start* and *end tags*,
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> 2.       elements are *nested* according to their specifications,
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> 3.       elements *do not contain duplicate attributes*,
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> 4.       and *any IDs are unique*,
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> except where the specifications allow these features.
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> I have been at organizations where this is broader than those 4 items, and
> at places where those 4 sre strickly adhered to, and no other parsing issue
> are identified as failing 4.1.1.
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> Steve Faulkners tool and blog (
> https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/11/wcag-2-0-parsing-criterion-is-a-pita/)
> seem to support the 4 items only.
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> ** katie **
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> *Katie Haritos-Shea*
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