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Comment LC-1274: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Andrew Arch <andrew.arch@visionaustralia.org> on behalf of Vision Australia; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Comment: In the discussion of baseline and conformance, it seems that there is potential for misuse of baseline [e.g.
authors might be able to just declare their own level of technology, for instance: "requires CSS2 and JavaScript 1.2." The actual/potential audience, not just perceived/target audience or what developers wish they could reply on, should define baseline.

W3C/WAI should consider setting realistic excample baslines for 'everyday' websites in developed/LD countries.

Proposed Change:

Some possible strategies include:

a) to give guidance on what is a realistic baseline for most Internet sites
today, W3C should publish a 'reasonable/realistic' baseline recommended for a general audience;
b) update this 'recommended' baseline annually;
c) place the 'recommended' baseline outside of the WCAG 2.0 normative document;
d) provide an explanation about why the particular baseline is recommended; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMA] Discussed in the 19 April 2007 telecon: resolution: Issue 1220, Issue 1246, Issue 1272, Issue 1274, Issue 1314, Issue 1315 (1272 as amended) based on actions. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/04/19-wai-wcag-minutes.html {partial accept} Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0047.html; Resolution: The conformance section of WCAG2 has been completely rewritten. The term "baseline" has been replaced by "accessibility-supported web technologies". The issue of what it means to be an accessibility-supported web technology is addressed in the discussion of the term "Accessibility Supported" in http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#new-terms and in the conformance section "Accessibility Support of Web Technologies" at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#accessibility-support .; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)