RE: Make it more obvious that older versions are out of date / obsolete

I think a last update date would be helpful as well.  I've been asking for this for ages, as it is very hard for staff to know whether they are giving the right information.



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-----Original Message-----
From: Christophe Strobbe [mailto:strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de] 
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2016 7:38 PM
To: WAI GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: Make it more obvious that older versions are out of date / obsolete

Hi,

A recent Twitter discussion
<https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/703179720892895236>
highlighted the issue that some users of WCAG and WCAG-related documents use outdated versions of, for example, the Understanding documents.
It would be a good idea to make it more obvious that older versions are out of date.

When you look at Understanding documents for individual SCs, e.g.
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20080430/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html>,
it is not obvious from the content whether you are looking at the latest version or an outdated one. (You need to check the URL, and we can't expect readers to know that "WD" means "working draft", for example.)

In addition to a clear visual indicator that documents are obsolete, it may also be a good idea to add metadata, like the "noindex" metatag (even though it probably not respected by every search engine).

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe

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