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Comment LC-1409: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: David Keech <david.keech@bsi-global.com> on behalf of British Standards Instution, London, UK; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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2. Metadata

We recommend that WCAG 2.0 address the issue of locating good or useable resources by requiring that every resource carry or refer to a description of its accessibility characteristics. Without this the best resources may not be found and a resource that is not universally accessible may not be made available to
a user that could use it even if it is not useable to others.

This comment has also been made in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public comments wcag20/2006Jun/0091.html with which we agree.; Related issues: 799
(space separated ids); WG Notes: 878 IS PARENT [EDITORZ] [HOLD] Discussed in the 09 November 2006 telecon: Resolution: change the status from partial accept to {not-accept} . Replace "The working group does, however," from the beginning of the first paragraph, with "although we are not changing WCAG conformance, we recognize the value of what you request. Therefore, the WG plans to ..." http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/11/09-wai-wcag-minutes.html same response as 799; Resolution: {not-accept} While the working group agrees that metadata describing the accessibility of a resource is beneficial for a number of reasons, WCAG 2.0 does not require this information. There are many reasons we do not, including the fact that conformance claims are not always required, may not be available publicly and in some cases can not be made due to legal constraints. Although we are not changing WCAG conformance, we recognize the value of what you request. Therefore, the WG hopes to provide WCAG 2.0 supplementary materials containing techniques for generating conformance claims as well as guidance about the various strategies for providing accessibility metadata that are available today. This approach allows us to revise recommendations about accessibility metadata over time to adapt to changing technologies and recommendations related to generating and providing this information.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)