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Comment LC-1019: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org> on behalf of W3C/WAI, on behalf of the Education and Outreach Working Group; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Please add explanations of the four principles to the Understanding document.; Related issues: 933
(space separated ids); WG Notes: [EDITORZ] Discussed in the 04 January 2007 telecon: resolution: accept LC 1019 as amended http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/01/04-wai-wcag-minutes.html DONE Create an "Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility" section in the understanding that reads as follows. The WCAG 2.0 Guidelines are organized around the following four principles. These principles are basic principle that apply to all Web users. 1.Perceivable - Information and user interface must be perceivable by the user - This means that users must be able to perceive the information being presented (it can't be invisible to all of their senses) 2.Operable - User interface components must be operable by the user - This means that users must be able to operate the interface (the interface cannot require interaction that the user can not perform) 3.Understandable - Information and operation of user interface must be understandable by the user - This means that users must be able to understand the information as well as the operation of the user interface (the content or operation cannot be beyond their understanding) 4. Robust - Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies - This means that users must be able to access the content as technologies advance (as technologies and user agents evolve, the content should remain accessible) If any of these are not true, users with disabilities will not be able to use the Web. Under each of the principles are guidelines and success criteria that help to address these principles for people with disabilities. There are many general usability guidelines that make content more usable by all people, including those with disabilities. However, in WCAG 2.0, we only include those guidelines that address problems particular to people with disabilities. This includes issues that block access or interfere with access to the Web more severely for people with disabilities. DONE include at the end of the section "The Four Principles of Accessibility" of the guidelines: For more information, refer to, "Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility." Internal WD updated 06 April 2007. Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0405.html; Resolution: We have added a section to Understanding WCAG 2.0 titled, "Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility." which includes additional explanation.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)