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Comment LC-517: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Part of Item: Intent
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Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):

In the GL list Wendy posted the following explaination that i think would be good to add to the intent section to explain. John suggested an edit which is also included.

Proposed Change:

WCAG 1.0 says "If you can't avoid building stairs, build an elevator." It doesn't say anything about making the elevator easy to find or get to. SC 4.2.1 of WCAG 2.0 says, "If you can't avoid building stairs, provide an elevator at the main entrance, along with the stairs."; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMB] Did not find an Intent Section or any literal reference to "If you can't avoid building stairs, build an elevator" in WGAC 1.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/), but I understand that this was the IDEA. Discussed on telecon 5-25-2006, was in Team B survey for telecon 5-25-2006. resolution: accept proposed resolution with edits from Gregg and Christophe http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/05/25-wai-wcag-minutes.html DONE 1. Add to the 'Intent of this success criterion' section of SC 4.2.1 a sentence that says "The idea behind this success criterion is; "If you can't avoid building stairs, provide an elevator that is just as easily found."" just before the last sentence (Note that this is.......). Updated XML source 15 June 2006. Response from commenter: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0000.html; Resolution: Thank you for reminding us to include this important distinction. The idea that "If you can't avoid building stairs, build an elevator." was in WCAG 1.0. WCAG 2.0 wants to ensure that making the elevator easy to find (or get to) is also important. SC 4.2.1 of WCAG 2.0 has been updated to include, "The idea behind this success criterion is; "If you can't avoid building stairs, provide an elevator that is just as easily found."; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)