RE: Edits to WCAG 2.1 Introduction in place

  *   It is the intention and opinion of the Working Group that polices that currently reference WCAG 2.0 can equally accept documents claiming WCAG 2.1 conformance as meeting version 2.0" (or something like that...)

+1 to John on this.

Jonathan


From: John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:13 PM
To: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
Cc: AG WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Edits to WCAG 2.1 Introduction in place

Hi Michael,

For the most part, this looks good. I have one small issue however. You write:

> Content that conforms to WCAG 2.1 also conforms to WCAG 2.0, and therefore to policies that reference WCAG 2.0.

I'm not sure we can make that statement or claim
​. While it is the WG's opinion and intent, I don't think we can make claims for policies outside of our control.

I suspect a minor edit along the lines of "
Content that conforms to WCAG 2.1 also conforms to WCAG 2.0
​. ​
It is the intention and opinion of the Working Group that polices that currently reference WCAG 2.0 can equally accept documents claiming WCAG 2.1 conformance as meeting version 2.0" (or something like that...)

​JF​





On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org<mailto:cooper@w3.org>> wrote:

Last week I submitted a pull request to update the Introduction to WCAG 2.1. This reflects its anticipated status as a Proposed Recommendation, and also is meant to address concerns about coverage overclaims that were raised when we went to CR. Andrew accepted the pull request as an editorial change, but it's important for WG participants to be aware of this.

The new intro is available in the editors' draft:

http://w3c.github.io/wcag21/guidelines/


You can see the changes in the pull request, though it's a bit hard to read:

https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/pull/847/files


In summary:

  *   There's a clause added to the abstract "...but do not address every user need" at the end of the sentence beginning "Following these guidelines will make content accessible to a wider range...".
  *   I copied in the three sections from the WCAG 2.0 introduction that were previously only referenced with links, and which have information about the limitations of WCAG 2.0. I made minimal edits when copying to update them to 2.1 context.
  *   The sections "New Features in WCAG 2.1", "Numbering in WCAG 2.1", and "Conformance to WCAG 2.1" are moved to subsections of a new section, "Comparison with WCAG 2.0".
  *   The list of added success criteria now includes conformance levels.
  *   There is a new section "User Support in WCAG 2.1" to describe what WCAG 2.1 does and does not do. Because we don't have the formal "Supplemental Guidance" yet, we can't reference that for additional information, so it references the WCAG Introduction at https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag which we would be able to keep up to date with references to additional guidance as it comes available.
  *   The ednote about "we're working on clarifying guidance" which was added late to the CR abstract is removed, since these edits address that ednote.

If you have comments about the revised introduction, let me know. Although the changes are editorial, it's important positioning content that should have the support of the WG.

Michael



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