- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:14:21 -0500
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
- Cc: jbrewer@w3.org
That sounds good to me. I think this allows a developer to indicate how much their product supports accessibility. The more you do the more credit you can get. Jon At 06:07 PM 5/19/99 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >In light of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines [1] use >of different levels to describe conformance (Levels A, Double-A >and Triple-A), I think the UA GL should use the same terminology. > >Today, the conformance statement only talks about Level A (all >Priority 1 checkpoints) for either desktop graphical user >agents OR assistive technologies that depend on them. > >Is there any reason not to describe the other levels? >Today we say in essence "You either conform to Level A or >not at all". We could allow user agents to conform >"even more" to Levels Double- and Triple-A. > > -Ian > > >[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT > > >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Telephone May 1999 only: (212) 688-4489 >Cell phone May 1999: (917) 450-8783 >Otherwise Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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