Re: Superseding WCAG 1.0

I think it’s okay that you weren’t sarcastic. lol

Your statement looks great (no sarcasm intended)!

> On Aug 23, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Denis Boudreau <denis.boudreau@deque.com> wrote:
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> Yep, I like it too.
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> /Denis
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> Denis Boudreau, CPWA | Principal Accessibility Consultant & Training Lead | 514-730-9168
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>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:02 AM Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote:
>> LGTM
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>> On 23/08/2018 11:53, Alastair Campbell wrote:
>> > Hi Andrew, Michael,
>> > 
>> > I was going to draft an email about superseding WCAG 1.0, I didn’t 
>> > manage to write down who I was writing it to, I’m assuming it is a 
>> > general “to whom it may concern” type thing?
>> > 
>> > The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group is announcing that the 1^st 
>> > version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG1) will be 
>> > marked as “superseded” by the end of the year.
>> > 
>> > Almost 20 years ago the first version of the Web Content Accessibility 
>> > Guidelines [1] were published, providing much needed guidance on how to 
>> > make the web a more accessible place. Almost 10 years ago WCAG 2.0 was 
>> > published, marking a significant update in the approach of the 
>> > guidelines and how designers and developers could use them. This year 
>> > WCAG 2.1 was published [2], adding new guidance in several areas.
>> > 
>> > Some people may already have assumed that WCAG 1.0 was obsolete, but in 
>> > W3C terminology marking it as “superseded” means that a newer version 
>> > exists which the W3C recommends for new adoption. If you are currently 
>> > following WCAG 1.0 we recommend moving to WCAG 2.1, but conformance 
>> > statements for the superseded version will still be valid.
>> > 
>> > If you have any concerns about WCAG 1.0 being superseded please get in 
>> > touch, either to the working group chairs (group-ag-chairs@w3.org 
>> > <mailto:group-ag-chairs@w3.org>) or for a publicly viewable comment the 
>> > working group (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>).
>> > 
>> > 1] https://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
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>> > 2] https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/06/wcag21-rec/
>> > 
>> > It was really hard not to be sarcastic… is that ok?
>> > 
>> > Kind regards,
>> > 
>> > -Alastair
>> > 
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