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Results of Questionnaire WCAG2ICT-Introductory sections' readiness to incorporate into editor's draft

The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody. In addition, answers are sent to the following email address: maryjom@us.ibm.com

This questionnaire was open from 2023-02-05 to 2023-02-16.

7 answers have been received.

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Review of proposal for Introductory sections

1. Review of proposal for Introductory sections

Review the draft proposed updates to the Introduction sections: Guidance in this Document, Excluded from Scope, and Document Overview. If you want to view the exact changes made (old content vs. new), see pull request 88 and indicate if you agree with the proposal. Note any suggested edits for improvement and/or reasoning in the comments field.

Note: Do not review the Background section (previously reviewed) or Document Conventions (we haven't settled on the styling in the draft yet).

Summary

Choice	All responders
Choice	Results
The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.	3
The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	3
The proposal isn't ready to incorporate yet.	1

Details

Responder	Review of proposal for Introductory sections	Comments
Fernanda Bonnin	The proposal isn't ready to incorporate yet.	the proposed text mentions "The Task Force found that the majority of success criteria from WCAG 2.2 can apply to non-web documents and software with either no or minimal changes" as we have not completed reviewing each S.C. I don't believe we should make such claim. Same for similar statements in the text. On line 53 " Each note is in its own inset box styled in pale green with a darker green line on the left side of the box." the description makes it such that we are using color only to convey notes?
Devanshu Chandra	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Chris Loiselle	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I'm not sure if "The Task Force found that the majority of success criteria from WCAG 2.2 can apply to non-web documents and software with either no or minimal changes. Since many of the Level A and AA success criteria do not include any web related terms, they apply directly as written and as described in the “Intent” sections from the Understanding WCAG 2.2 [[UNDERSTANDING-WCAG22]] resource. Additional notes were provided, as needed, to provide assistance in applying them to non-web documents and software." was referenced in any previous meetings , however if it was and we agreed on it, then this is ready for as is.
Mary Jo Mueller	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	NOTE: This is a draft of content that was introduced so the group could review, discuss, and work through the proposal to not provide discrete numbers. In the past the document contained very specific numbers for everything - how many SC applied directly, how many had notes, how many had substitutions for web terminology. After adding a few SC, this content is no longer correct and would keep having to be changed every time we publish a draft, so generalizing rather than providing that level of detail keeps the information from being as brittle. I don't think anyone questions as much the general applicability of most of the WCAG criteria to non-web documents and software. The total number of SC in WCAG 2.2 is 56. I have counted the number of SC in WCAG 2.2 that do not use web-specific terminology "Web", "Web page", "page", "website", and "user agent" and also excluded any that used "CSS pixel". This still added 7 to the existing number of SC deemed applicable in the 2013 document (26) which adds up to 33. That's more than half of 56, a majority, so I believe the change is correct. This doesn't mean the text can't change again later if we have feedback that the actual numbers are needed. For line 53, we could add that notes begin with the word "NOTE" in addition to the visual description.
Mitchell Evan	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Laura Miller	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	Therefore is used twice as the transition for two sentences in a row.
Sam Ogami	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.