Changelog for Overview of WCAG Documents

This page records change requests and changes made to the draft Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents. Please send additions or corrections to wai-eo-editors@w3.org.

Last updated on $Date: 2006/11/02 17:56:16 $ by $Author: shawn $

Changes since Version 2.0

2 November 2006

• under "The WCAG 2.0 Draft Documents", removed About Baselines list item
• changed "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Last Call Working Draft" to "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Last Call Working Draft"
• added at end of first paragraph, added: "See also:
  • WCAG 2 FAQ (October 2006)
  • How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute (September 2006)

From Version 3.0 to current version (April-July 2006)

• significant rewites throughout the document

From Version 2.1 to 3.0 (28 November 2005)

• significant rewites throughout the document

From Version 2.0 to 2.1 (13 July 2005)

• Page Contents section: removed "WCAG 2.0 links" link
• Document Information section (footer): Changed "Version: 2.0" to Version: 2.1" and linked the version number, "2.1," to http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/changelogs/cl-wcag20

Document Requirements

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Notes

Suggestions for Next Edit or Related Document (e.g., perhaps FAQ)

• add to baseline blurb: technologies outside the baseline can beused as long as the Web site still works if they are nto supported
• explain why better to use supporting doc, rather then normative /TR/ version

Changes from 2 & 4 May 2006

From EOWG teleconference 28 April, minutes available:

• [done] add "status note" to 'contents' - possibly as an H2
• [done] Change "Status Note" to something like "What does Last Call Mean"
• [done] In the introduction mention that this doc mentions how WCAG 2.0 differs from WCAG 1.0 and add a link.
• [done] extra space before Understanding
• [done] in About Baslines... Remove the second paragraph
• [done] link last call reference to "What is Last Call..."
• [done] from status section, link to http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#RecsW3C
• [done] Sidebar link principles to main page.
• [done] second paragraph "How 2 differs from wcag 1" second paragraph ... make general guidance explicit... What kind of guidance?
• [done] add "to" in "help organizations that are currently using WCAG 1.0 transition to WCAG 2.0."
• [not done, ed. didn’t see how to improve smoothly] clarify WCAG 2.0 vs the Package
• [done – editor’s discretion, not identified in EOWG telecon] moved “Comparison of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints to WCAG 2.0…” to Transitioning section
• [done - additional edit in email] put App Notes at end
• [done, per email thread] Consider identifying the audience within the two documents.
• [done] make it clear that Understanding is the document to read... do it both in the middle where we introduce Understanding and in the section on how 2.0 differs from 1.0.

Document Information

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