RE: "we should not allow user testing in exceptions" (was Re: clarifing the debate)

From: John Foliot [mailto:john.foliot@deque.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 12:11 PM

Jason wrote:
> If it comes to another CfC, I’ll be supporting a position that disallows such exceptions: whether content conforms or not should be decidable without having to engage in user testing.

Jason, that is and would be my position as well.

Lisa has suggested that this was not explicit in the original CfC, and a re-reading of the CfC confirms that while many of us understood the CfC to limit user-testing for both conformance AND exceptions testing, a) that is not what the CfC states, and b) at least one member of this working group interpreted the CfC to leave this exception out of the CfC. For this reason alone, I am proposing that we either re-write the original CfC to ensure greater clarity, or that we issue a second CfC to address this unintended gap.
[Jason] WCAG has no concept of exemptions or exceptions other than as part of the text of the success criteria. That text was covered by the terms of the CfC. Thus, there is inadequate ground for another CfC on this issue, but, obviously, I won’t be raising procedural objections of the Chairs decide that another CfC is warranted.


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