Re: Categorisation exercise

This is helpful! Thank you, Alastair!

*Melanie Philipp, CPACC, WAS | *Director, Services Methodology
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:03 PM Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
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> Hi everyone,
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> We had a question on the categorisation exercise at the end of the call:
> What is a sub-guideline?
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> The aim is that a sub-guideline is a part (or whole) of a WCAG 2.2
> guideline, but broken down by the categories that we defined previously.
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> The explanation and an example are within the presentation (linked from
> each template doc):
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> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sGLpBwAAsZfhANpWO3jo0zMOdwDtckhjSmsYpisQfFU/edit#slide=id.g11f44e61c34_0_6
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> *An example based on alt text*
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> Based on the understanding document, alt text was given functional needs
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>    - Use without vision
>    - Comprehend Written language - Use with limited ability to,
>    - Math and numeric concepts - Use with limited understanding of,
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> User needs:
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>    - Perceivable > content,
>    - Perceivable > controls
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> Units of:
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>    - Component,
>    - View.
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> Test types of:
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>    - Objective,
>    - Condition.
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> There didn’t seem to be any point in separating an evaluation by
> functional need.
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> In this case, the sub-guidelines were based on trying to make granular
> evaluations for the units, test types, and user-need, e.g:
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>    - Has alt text (component, objective, perceivable content)
>    - Conveys appropriate meaning (component, condition, perceivable
>    content)
>    - Provides descriptive identification (component, condition,
>    perceivable control), could be combined with a guideline on having accnames
>    for controls.
>    - Conveys complex non-text content, e.g. longer description for
>    infographics (view, condition, perceivable content)
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> For some (e.g. language of the parts), there may not be any useful
> sub-guidelines, and you could just note in the 1st sub-guideline: no
> change.
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> I hope that helps,
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> -Alastair
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> @alastc / www.nomensa.com
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