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Comment LC-2748

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Commenter: Glenda Sims <glenda.sims@deque.com>

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[Free text description]Document as a wholeUnderstanding Guideline 1.1: Provide text alternatives for any non-text co... Non-text Content: Understanding Success Criterion 1.1.1 Understanding Guideline 1.2: Provide alternatives for time-based media. Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.1 Captions (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.2 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded): Understanding Succes... Captions (Live): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.1 Audio Description (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.2 Sign Language (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.1 Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.2 Media Alternative (Prerecorded): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.3 Audio-only (Live): Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.4 Understanding Guideline 1.3: Create content that can be presented in diffe... Info and Relationships: Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.1 Meaningful Sequence: Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.2 Sensory Characteristics: Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.3 Understanding Guideline 1.4: Make it easier for users to see and hear cont... Use of Color: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.1 Audio Control: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.2 Contrast (Minimum): Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.1 Resize text: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.2 Images of Text: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Enhanced): Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.1 Low or No Background Audio: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.2 Visual Presentation: Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.3 Images of Text (No Exception): Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.4 Understanding Guideline 2.1: Make all functionality available from a keyboard. Keyboard: Understanding Success Criterion 2.1.1 No Keyboard Trap: Understanding Success Criterion 2.1.2 Keyboard (No Exception): Understanding Success Criterion 2.1.1 Understanding Guideline 2.2: Provide users enough time to read and use content. Timing Adjustable: Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.1 Pause, Stop, Hide: Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.2 No Timing: Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.1 Interruptions: Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.2 Re-authenticating: Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.3 Understanding Guideline 2.3: Do not design content in a way that is known ... Three Flashes or Below Threshold: Understanding Success Criterion 2.3.1 Three Flashes: Understanding Success Criterion 2.3.1 Understanding Guideline 2.4: Provide ways to help users navigate, find con... Bypass Blocks: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.1 Page Titled: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 Focus Order: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.3 Link Purpose (In Context): Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.4 Multiple Ways: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.1 Headings and Labels: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 Focus Visible: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.3 Location: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.1 Link Purpose (Link Only): Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 Section Headings: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.3 Understanding Guideline 3.1: Make text content readable and understandable. Language of Page: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.1 Language of Parts: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.1 Unusual Words: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.1 Abbreviations: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.2 Reading Level: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.3 Pronunciation: Understanding Success Criterion 3.1.4 Understanding Guideline 3.2: Make Web pages appear and operate in predicta... On Focus: Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.1 On Input: Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.2 Consistent Navigation: Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.1 Consistent Identification: Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.2 Change on Request: Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.1 Understanding Guideline 3.3: Help users avoid and correct mistakes. Error Identification: Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.1 Labels or Instructions: Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.2 Error Suggestion: Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.1 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data): Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.2 Help: Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.1 Error Prevention (All): Understanding Success Criterion 3.3.2 Understanding Guideline 4.1: Maximize compatibility with current and futur... Parsing: Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.1 Name, Role, Value: Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.2 Understanding Conformance Appendix A: How to refer to WCAG 2.0 from other documents Appendix B: Documenting Accessibility Support for Uses of a Web Technology Appendix C: Understanding Metadata Appendix D: References
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open proposal pending resolved_yes resolved_no resolved_partial other assigned to Nobody Abma, Jake Abou-Zahra, Shadi Allan, Jim Auclair, Christopher Avila, Jonathan Babinszki, Tom Bailey, Bruce Bernard, Renaldo Bernier, Alex Blake, Matthew Boudreau, Denis Brewer, Judy Butler, Shari Campbell, Alastair Carlson, Laura Chakravarthula, Srinivasu Cirrincione, Pietro Conway, Vivienne Cooper, Michael Crutchfield, Elizabeth Deltour, Romain Dick, Wayne Ding, Chaohai Dirks, Kim Dixit, Shwetank Draffan, E.A. Duggin, Alistair Eggert, Eric Elledge, Michael Faulkner, Steve Ferraz, Reinaldo Fiers, Wilco Fischer, Detlev Foliot, John Garrish, Matt Garrison, Alistair Gower, Michael Guarino Reid, Loretta Hakkinen, Markku Haritos-Shea, Katie Henry, Shawn Hoffmann, Thomas Horton, Sarah Isager, Kasper Jensen, Tobias Christian Johansson, Stefan Johlic, Marc Johnson, Rick Jones, Crystal Joys Andersen, Wilhelm Kapoor, Shilpi Keim, Oliver Kirkpatrick, Andrew Kirkwood, John Kiss, Jason Kraft, Maureen Ku, JaEun Kurapati, Sujasree Lauke, Patrick Lauriat, Shawn Lee, Steve Lemon, Gez Li, Alex Li, Kepeng Li, Liangcheng Loiselle, Chris Lowney, Greg Lui, Edwina Lund, Adam Ma, Jia MacDonald, David Mace, Amanda Manser, Erich Martin, Debra McCormack, Scott McMeeking, Chris McSorley, Jan Milliken, Neil Montgomery, Rachael Mueller, Mary Jo nicole, windmann Niemann, Gundula Nurthen, James O Connor, Joshue Oh, Jeong-Hun Panchang, Sailesh Pandhi, Charu Pasi, Aparna Patch, Kimberly Philipp, Melanie Pluke, Mike Pouncey, Ian Repsher, Stephen Rochford, John Runyan, Marla Savva, Andreas Sawczyn, Steve Schnabel, Stefan Seeman-Kestenbaum, Lisa Sims, Glenda Singh, Avneesh Skotkjerra, Stein Erik Sloan, David Smith, Alan Smith, Jim Solomon, Adam Spellman, Jeanne F Strobbe, Christophe Suprock, Greg Swallow, David Thompson, Kenneth Thyme, Anne Ueki, Makoto Vaishnav, Jatin Vanderheiden, Gregg Venkata, Manoj Wahlbin, Kathleen Wang, Can WANG, WEI White, Jason Zelmanowicz, Erica Zerner, Adam Zhang, Mengni

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We are working hard at Deque to make sure that our tools (FireEyes and WorldSpace) accurately interpret the WCAG 2.0 standard. A current debate on our team is the requirement for the location of the "skip to main" link for meeting 2.4.1 ByPass Blocks.

The normative part of WCAG 2.0 states:

2.4.1 Bypass Blocks: A mechanism<http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#mechanismdef> is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages<http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#webpagedef>. (Level A)

In the informative "Sufficient Techniques" listed for 2.4.1, there is a technique listed:
G1: Adding a link at the top of each page that goes directly to the main content area<http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/G1>

In the procedure to test G1, the first step states:

1) Check that a link is the first focusable control on the Web page.

At this point...we are a long, long way from the "normative" part of the WCAG 2.0.

So, the clarification I seek is this? Should automated accessibility testing tools throw a WCAG 2.0 A violation on 2.4.1 if the "skip to main" link is anything other than the absolute first focusable item on the page?

My humble (personal opinion) is...the normative portion of WCAG 2.0 does not indicate that it must be the first link. So, I've never demanded that the "skip to main" link be the absolute first item on the page. However, WorldSpace and FireEyes are currently throwing an WCAG 2.0 2.4.1 violation if the "skip to main" link is not the very first focusable item on a page.

Can you tell me the proper interpretation so I can make sure our software is supporting the true intent of WCAG 2.0 2.4.1.

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Resolution: You are correct that failure to use one of the WCAG 2.0 Sufficient Techniques is not necessarily a failure of the success criterion. G1 and G124 are written to position the links as the first links on the page because the working group feels that is best practice, and to be encouraged. However, as long as there is some mechanism to skip blocks of repeated material, the success criterion has been met. The Understanding WCAG 2.0 document tries to make it clear in multiple places that the sufficient techniques documented by the WCAG WG are not the only techniques that might be sufficient to satisfy a success criterion. We have revised the language in the latest draft to try to make this even clearer.

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