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Comment LC-559: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Bruce Bailey <bruce.bailey@ed.gov> on behalf of DoED/OCIO; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Part of Item: Techniques
Comment Type: ED
Comment (including rationale for proposed change):

The following Examples are currently associated with 1.3.2:

Situation A: If the color of particular words is used to indicate information.
Ensuring that color encoded information is also available in text.
Including a text cue whenever color cues are used

The above are too broad for 1.3.2 and should be associated only with 1.3.4.

Proposed Change:

Move the above to 1.3.4.

Add example of using colored text that is also bold and italic as a way to satisfy 1.3.2.; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMC] Relates to LC-558 and LC-560 Discussed at Team C call 30 May, 2006 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/05/30-wcag-teamc-minutes#item03 It's true that these techniques are too restrictive in the absence of any other techniques. But these techniques would be "sufficient" to meet the SC. It's just that there are other techniques that would also be sufficient to make the information conveyed by color visually evident without color. This issue can be resolved by adding an additional technique to Situation A in "How to meet SC 1.3.2" <proposal> [ALTERNATIVE] Add the following technique to Situation A in "How to meet 1.3.2" 3. Ensuring that when text color is used to convey information, the text style is visually differentiated without color. </proposal> 01 June 2006 Call: resolution: accept proposed resolutions for 498, 499, 559, 560 unanimous agreement http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/06/01-wai-wcag-minutes.html DONE Add the following technique to Situation A in "How to meet 1.3.2" Ensuring that when text color is used to convey information, the text style is visually differentiated without color. XML source update 28 July 2006 Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0002.html; Resolution: We have added a technique to Situation A in "How to meet 1.3.2" that reads, "Ensuring that when text color is used to convey information, the text style is visually differentiated without color."; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)