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Comment LC-1323: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Takayuki Watanabe, Makoto Ueki, and Masahiro Umegaki <nabe@lab.twcu.ac.jp> on behalf of JIS WG2; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Comment: WCAG 2.0 doesn't require validity. Can authors use UA-specific elements such as marquee, blink and so on? It is less certain on this issue through the documents.; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMC] Discussed in the 29 March 2007 telecon: Resolution: close as proposed http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/03/29-wai-wcag-minutes.html {question answered} @@ Response to commenter.; Resolution: Not all deprecated elements and attributes present a problem for assistive technologies. The blink element is covered by F47: Failure of SC 2.2.2 due to using the blink element. For marquee, authors would need to meet the requirements defined in SC 2.2.3. The working group looked at this topic carefully over an extended period of time and concluded that requiring strict adherence to all aspects of specifications does not necessarily result in an increase in accessibility. For example, it is possible to create invalid pages that present no accessibility barriers. It is also possible in certain situations to enhance accessibility through the use of markup that is not part of the specification. The working group must work within its charter and only include things that directly affected accessibility. Some aspects of "use technologies according to specification" and validity do relate to accessibility. However, others do not. So requiring validity would take us beyond our charter. We do recommend it though and it is our #1 technique listed for conforming to SC 4.1.1.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)