- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:05:05 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I discussed Issue 294 related to using modules for satisfying conformance requirements in the CG meeting today. Len Kasday and Al Gilman felt that the use of modules for conformance purposes was OK, as long as the modules are named in any conformance statement. Of course they would prefer to see it as part of the standard installation. I suggest that we resolve this issue by adopting the proposal to allow developers to conform to the UA guidelines using a combination of user agent modules and that the specification of the combination of modules be a required part of the conformance statement. The details of where the modules come from do not need to be a part of the requirement (i.e. CD-ROM, Web, Disk). I think that there should be additional verbage to encourage developers to make accessibility features part of the standard installation of the product. The authoring tools working group has already adopted this approach in their conformance statement for the authoring tools guidelines, so we would be consistent with they specifications for conformance. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies 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 WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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