Re: CFC: Manual testing processes

+1

JF

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:07 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> wrote:
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>> Call For Consensus — ends Wednesday February 15th at 10:30pm Boston time.
>>
>> The requirements for WCAG 2.1 SC's (https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wik
>> i/WCAG_2.1_Success_Criteria have been discussed at length. Included in
>> the requirements is #2, which states "Be testable through automated or
>> manual processes”, which indicates that in order for a success criteria to
>> be regarded as “testable” it must be possible to determine whether a page
>> passes that criteria using automated or manual testing processes.
>>
>> On last Tuesday’s call the WG came to a resolution regarding this item,
>> specifically related to user testing. The group also surveyed this
>> question, and arrived at a unanimous agreement:
>>
>> "User testing is not a required part of a manual testing process for WCAG
>> test criteria.”
>>
>> This resolution indicates that if the only way to test a success criteria
>> is to conduct user testing, then that is not “testable” with regard to
>> WCAGT 2.1.
>>
>> The Working Group will recommend strongly in WCAG 2.1 (as it did in WCAG
>> 2.0) that user testing be conducted.
>>
>> For background:
>> Call minutes: http://www.w3.org/2017/02/07-ag-minutes.html
>> Survey: https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/testing20170207/results#xq1
>>
>> 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
>>
>> akirkpat@adobe.com
>> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>>
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