RE: Acceptance Criteria for proposals for new Success Criteria

I like it!

 

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* katie *

 

Katie Haritos-Shea 
Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)

 

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick [mailto:akirkpat@adobe.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:28 AM
To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Acceptance Criteria for proposals for new Success Criteria

 

I updated the criteria in response to people’s feedback.  See what you think.  I also changed bullets to numbers for convenience in discussion.  The only items changed from the first pass as now numbers 8 and 9 in the first section, and number 2 in the second section.  

 

I also spelled out “SC” in all cases.

 

Thoughts?

 

Success Criteria shall:

1.   Address a situation where a user with a disability will be disproportionately disadvantaged (as compared to a user without a disability) if the criteria is not met.

2.   Be testable through automated or manual processes.

3.   Describe the specific condition required to meet the criteria, not the method to address the criteria.

4.   Utilize the WCAG 2.0 A/AA/AAA level structure.

5.   Ensure for revised Success Criteria that pages that meet the revised guidance continue to meet the corresponding WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria..

6.   Apply to all content, unless specific exceptions are included in the success criteria (e.g. "except interruptions involving an emergency").

7.   Apply across technologies to the extent possible. (Technology-specific issues should usually be addressed in Techniques.)

8.   Avoid creating a requirement for something that is already required by an existing Success Criteria.

9.   Have Success Techniques which demonstrate that the Success Criteria is reasonable and implementable, using common formats, user agents, and assistive technologies.

Success Criteria should:

1.   Be as broad as possible, but specific enough not to become a 'catch-all' for any given requirement.

2.   Use glossary definitions to simplify and shorten all Success Criteria for shared or ambiguous terms.