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Section 2.2.2 - Techniques and Failures (Hanno Lans) #58

Closed nitedog closed 10 years ago

nitedog commented 10 years ago

Reference

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert-tools/2014Aug/0004

Original Comment

As WCAG2 consists of Failures and Techniques, a distinction between both might be essential to compare tools. With Just Accessible we started focusing on detection of WCAG2 techniques ('make sure that at least one of the following techniques is used..') and not the WCAG2 failures. Not sure if at the end this approach is better than focusing on the failures.

nitedog commented 10 years ago

Resolution

No change - This document explicitly excludes point-for-point checking of accessibility features. Besides, WCAG2 Techniques and Failures are not exhaustive and exclusive. Such an approach could lead to unwanted limitations, such as the exclusion of technologies and accessibility features for which there are no documented (W3C) techniques. See this FAQ http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/wcag2faq.html#techsnot