RE: Supplementary document for WCAG 2.1

+1 - *but*, this is a sloppy way to address us not getting the work done to update 2.1 because we had identified, in my opinion, a too short, unrealistic timeline for development of an important international standard. That is why we are here now, doing this today. Please keep this in mind for a *next* update.

 

​​​​​* katie *

 

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Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)

 

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick [mailto:akirkpat@adobe.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 11:49 AM
To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: CFC: Supplementary document for WCAG 2.1

 

Call For Consensus — ends Thursday May 25rd at 12:00pm Boston time.

 

The Working Group has discussed the idea of providing additional guidance for accessibility beyond what is able to be included within WCAG 2.1. The idea is that success criteria proposals that cannot reach consensus or that there is insufficient time to review still have valuable information that might be able to be published for use. This idea was surveyed (https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/WCAG21_supp/results) and discussed on the call (https://www.w3.org/2017/05/23-ag-minutes.html#item01) and a resolution received consensus:

 

RESOLUTION: the working group has agreed to publisihing supplemental guidance in 1 document that is non-normative

 

If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have not been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you “not being able to live with” this decision, please let the group know before the CfC deadline.

 

Thanks,

AWK

 

Andrew Kirkpatrick

Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility

Adobe 

 

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Thanks,

AWK

 

Andrew Kirkpatrick

Group Product Manager, Accessibility

Adobe 

 

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