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Issues for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Techniques

This document provides a guide to issues which are yet to be resolved, as well as those which have already been resolved, by the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG). It will be maintained through the life of the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Techniques document, and updated regularly as new issues are raised or resolved. It will draw issues and resolution from meetings of the Working Group or from the email list (w3c-wai-au@w3.org).

Unresolved Issues

  1. Technique categories: Icons
  2. Technique categories: Adding a fifth category of tools (Conversion Tools)
  3. Technique categories: Which category definitions to use?
  4. How will AERT be integrated with ATAG 4.1, 4.2?
  5. When ATAG 1.3 says "markup" does this include other non-tag content?
  6. Is ATAG 3.1 reworking (classes of equivalents) acceptable?
  7. Use of "Required" vs. "Highly Recommended" to describe techniques.
  8. How to handle real-time editing.

Resolved Issues

Issues raised before last call:

  1. Technique categories: Categorizing techniques by tool type or functionality type?

Unresolved Issues

Issues raised before last call:

1. Technique categories: Icons

2. Technique categories: Adding a fifth category of tools (Conversion Tools)

3. Technique categories: Which category definitions to use?

4. How will AERT be integrated with ATAG 4.1, 4.2?

5. When ATAG 1.3 says "markup" does this include other non-tag content?

6. Is ATAG 3.1 reworking (classes of equivalents) acceptable?

7. Use of "Required" vs. "Highly Recommended" to describe techniques.

8. How to handle real-time editing?

Resolved Issues:

1. Technique categories: Categorizing techniques by tool type or functionality type?


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