- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:08:57 -0500
- To: Roddy Erickson <rerickson@pobox.com>
- CC: wai-wcag-editor@w3.org
Roddy Erickson wrote: > > Dear Editor, > > May I make a suggestion concerning the page-conformance descriptions, > linked to by pages of A, AA, and AAA conformance? > > Readers of a conforming page will see the image link and wonder what it means. > Yet, in the linked-to page, there is no brief layman's description of, > e.g., "conformance level Triple-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility > Guidelines 1.0." > You might, for example, have a paragraph along the lines of: > "This standard is an attempt to ensure that Web pages are usable by those > with disabilities, user-interface restrictions, or who are using unusual > browsers. Level Triple-A is the most stringent form of the standard." > > One might call this an "informal summary" of the standard's purpose. > Specification-speak is fine for those who are so inclined (I made my way > through the spec for Algol68, after all), but it's neither inviting nor > accessible to the casual reader. This sounds like a good idea. > In fact, I would respectfully assert that the conformance specification is > (unavoidably) hard for those with limited knowledge of English to > understand; hence, pages like <http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1AAA-Conformance> > are, themselves, not in compliance with Guideline 14.1, for they refer only > to a complex document, offering no brief, easily-understood summary of what > conformance means. Thank you for your suggestions! I'm on the road at the moment, but at the first opportunity will review the text in question. Regards, - Ian > -------------------- > Roddy Erickson (707) 857-4711 rerickson@pobox.com -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 429-8586 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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