- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:13:08 +0200
- To: "Gregg Vanderheiden" <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: "'WAI-GL'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:44:59 +0200, Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu> wrote: > > I think changing it to "and/or" is reasonable edit. > Gregg I don't think that goes far enough. It needs to be clear that some tests may not be able to be performed successfully by a computer, and will require a human. The current text does nothing to dispel the assumption that a computer should be capable of doing all the tests. cheers Chaals > -----Original Message----- > > Wendy Chisholm wrote: > >> The 30 June 2005 Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 says, "The Working Group >> believes that all success criteria should be testable. Tests can be >> done by computer programs or by people who understand this document. > > I'd say the core problem here lies with the "or" in that last sentence. > It implies that *all* tests can be done by *either* a computer *or* a > person. You would probably want something more along the lines of: > "Carrying out the entire series of tests will require people who > understand > this document. However, some (or even "a small subset of") tests can be > automated / performed by computer programs." > > -- > Patrick H. Lauke -- Charles McCathieNevile Fundacion Sidar charles@sidar.org +61 409 134 136 http://www.sidar.org
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